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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Once More to the Lake, Fall, Memorandum, Coon Hunt and Intimations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. White wrote in "Walden" that he had often gone a mile out of his way to avoid a place of what interest?
(a) Historical.
(b) No.
(c) Significant.
(d) Musical.

2. What day of the week did White begin "A Week in April"?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Wednesday.

3. White wrote in "A Shepherd's Life" that his goose would lay her what egg today?
(a) Seventh.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Sixth.
(d) First.

4. White wrote of driving past a woman in her yard using what in "Walden"?
(a) A shotgun.
(b) A lawnmower.
(c) A fishing rod.
(d) A shovel.

5. Who gave White the book on farming in "The Practical Farmer"?
(a) His publishers.
(b) A salesman.
(c) A preacher.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Freedom," White berated those who are inclined to think positively about the results brought about by what?

2. What crop did White claim had done well there in "Fall" that year?

3. What did E. B. White claim there was a lot of in him, which were not joiners in "Compost"?

4. When was "Fall" written?

5. What advertisement did White discuss in "A Boston Terrier"?

(see the answer key)

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