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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. What initial did White refer to his neighbor who had died in "A Week in April"?
(a) C.
(b) M.
(c) D.
(d) B.

2. To whom did White write an imaginary letter in "Walden"?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Eugene Gladstone O'Neill.
(c) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin.

3. What movie did White cite in which Bette Davis plays a woman who relinquishes her wealth to move to the country to be with her physician husband in "Movies"?
(a) "Jezebel."
(b) "Kid Galahad."
(c) "Dark Victory."
(d) "Juarez."

4. What did White have to use to cure ringworm as a child in "Once More to the Lake"?
(a) White moss.
(b) Birch bark.
(c) Pond's Extract.
(d) Blueberry juice.

5. How much did membership cost White to join the society in "Compost"?
(a) 3 dollars.
(b) 1 dollar.
(c) 5 dollars.
(d) 6 dollars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who gave White the book on farming in "The Practical Farmer"?

3. What kind of dog was Fred?

4. When was "Compost" written?

5. What magazine did White read to stay up to date on the cinema industry in "Movies"?

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