1. Who did White take with him to revisit his childhood lake in "Once More to the Lake"?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) His wife.
(c) His father.
(d) His son.

2. What infirmity did the Boston terrier White had once owned have in "A Boston Terrier"?
(a) No bladder control.
(b) Missing one leg.
(c) Deaf in one ear.
(d) Blind in one eye.

3. White wrote that a gentleman had come to his house to adjust what the other day in "Fall"?
(a) Eyeglasses.
(b) A rifle sight.
(c) A compass.
(d) A plow.

4. What did White write made the dogs uneasy in the beginning of "A Week in April"?
(a) A full moon.
(b) The rain.
(c) The fog.
(d) The thunder.

5. When was "Walden" written?
(a) September, 1940.
(b) April, 1939.
(c) June, 1939.
(d) August, 1941.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. When was "Fall" written?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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