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

3. The ad in "A Boston Terrier" stated ""A dog's nervous system resembles" what?
(a) A bear's.
(b) A monkey's.
(c) A bird's.
(d) Our own.

4. White wrote in "The Practical Farmer" that he found it extremely difficult to combine manual labor with what?
(a) Enjoyment.
(b) Rest.
(c) Intellectual labor.
(d) Enlightenment.

5. When was "Once More to the Lake" written?
(a) June, 1941.
(b) August, 1941.
(c) March, 1942.
(d) November, 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 crop did White claim had done well there in "Fall" that year?

3. What initial did White refer to his neighbor who had died in "A Week in April"?

4. What did White write made the dogs uneasy in the beginning of "A Week in April"?

5. What kind of dog was Fred?

(see the answer key)

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