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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. In what year did White's father rent a cabin on a lake in Maine and take his family there for the month of August in "Once More to the Lake"?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1914.

2. When was "Fall" written?
(a) November, 1940.
(b) October, 1941.
(c) August, 1940.
(d) September, 1941.

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

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

5. In "Walden," White wrote, "We may all be ______ yet, whether we like it or not."
(a) Terrified.
(b) Transcendental.
(c) Tremendous.
(d) Philosophers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What society had White joined in "Compost"?

4. White wrote in "Sanitation," "The good world will be impossible to achieve until parents quit teaching their children about" what?

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

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