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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Motor Cars, Maine Speech, Lime, Dog Training and The Wave of the Future.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. White wrote that the threat of what was "always in the pit of your stomach" in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Snow.
(b) Fog.
(c) Death.
(d) Rain.

2. What word is used in place of "lift" in "Maine Speech"?
(a) Heave.
(b) Heft.
(c) Hulk.
(d) Hernia.

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

4. In "Maine Speech," White wrote that the dialect in Maine "is as different from the tongue spoken in New York as Dutch is from" what?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish
(d) German.

5. White wrote in "Children's Book's" that he'd shared his armchair with what book for the past 3 weeks?
(a) Bumblebuzz.
(b) Boyhood Adventures of Our Presidents.
(c) Huckleberry Finn.
(d) The Cat from Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many of White's sheep were dungy tails in "Report"?

3. With whom did White share pastures for their sheep in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?

4. How much ground limestone did White receive from the government in "Lime"?

5. What did White claim was "painfully unimaginative in its attempt to perpetuate a faith that has been gutted by so many fires"?

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