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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. White wrote in "Sanitation," "The good world will be impossible to achieve until parents quit teaching their children about" what?
(a) Radicalism.
(b) Materialism.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Gluttony.

2. How many deaths were in the town the last year in "Fall"?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

3. What did White claim as his profession in "Questionnaire"?
(a) Gypsy.
(b) Hunter/Gatherer.
(c) Steward of the land.
(d) Farmer.

4. Who did White receive the questionnaire from in "Questionnaire"?
(a) The Treasury.
(b) Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(c) The Navy.
(d) Selective Service.

5. What fruit did White find labeled as having dye added in "On a Florida Key"?
(a) A mango.
(b) A pineapple.
(c) An apple.
(d) An orange.

6. Where was White while writing "The Trailer Park"?
(a) Florida.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

7. What did White claim people from Maine said in place of "all" in "Maine Speech"?
(a) Every last section.
(b) Every piece.
(c) The entire lot.
(d) The whole of.

8. How many births were there in the town the last year in "Fall"?
(a) 12.
(b) 22.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

9. What word is used in place of "lift" in "Maine Speech"?
(a) Hernia.
(b) Heave.
(c) Hulk.
(d) Heft.

10. White admitted in "Freedom" that he was not anxious to do what?
(a) Change the world.
(b) Attend a funeral.
(c) To go to New York City.
(d) Work anymore.

11. "Aunt Poo" referred to whose aunt?
(a) Katharine's.
(b) Charles'.
(c) Jack's.
(d) E. B. White's.

12. When was "Motor Cars" written?
(a) July, 1939.
(b) January, 1941.
(c) January, 1940.
(d) October, 1940.

13. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that DeSoto moved its clutch pedal two inches to the left the same week that Japan did what?
(a) Killed their Emperor.
(b) Insulted England.
(c) Joined the Axis.
(d) Rejected Christianity.

14. What hung on the west wall of White's cottage in "On a Florida Key"?
(a) A painting.
(b) An Indian rug.
(c) A school degree.
(d) A bathing suit.

15. When was "Lime" written?
(a) February, 1941.
(b) January, 1941.
(c) November, 1940.
(d) December, 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. White wrote in "The Practical Farmer" that he found it extremely difficult to combine manual labor with what?

2. When was "Memorandum" written?

3. What book did White receive in the story "Dog Training"?

4. "Intimations" was written three days after what historical event?

5. White wrote that he was writing on the fourth day of what battle in "Compost"?

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