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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) B.
(c) M.
(d) D.

2. What magazine did White read to stay up to date on the cinema industry in "Movies"?
(a) Film Weekly.
(b) Motion Picture magazine.
(c) Entertainment Weekly.
(d) Movies Monthly.

3. When was "Compost" written?
(a) September, 1940.
(b) July, 1940.
(c) April, 1940.
(d) June, 1940.

4. What crop did White claim had done well there in "Fall" that year?
(a) Pumpkins.
(b) Rhubarb.
(c) Corn.
(d) Potatoes.

5. On what highway did White write he was doing fifty on in "Walden"?
(a) Route 66.
(b) Route 62.
(c) Highway 61.
(d) Country Road H.

Short Answer 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"?

2. To whom did White write an imaginary letter in "Walden"?

3. What infirmity did the Boston terrier White had once owned have in "A Boston Terrier"?

4. Who wrote the book that was given to White in "The Practical Farmer"?

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

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