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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. How many New Hampshire Red pullets did White have in the henhouse in "Report"?
(a) 124.
(b) 112.
(c) 68.
(d) 93.

2. How many White Plymouth Rock pullets did White have in the barn in "Report"?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 55.
(d) 36.

3. Who was frantically pacing while White and his neighbor tried to corner the sheep in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?
(a) Fred.
(b) Morris.
(c) Steven.
(d) John.

4. What did White claim was "painfully unimaginative in its attempt to perpetuate a faith that has been gutted by so many fires"?
(a) Church.
(b) Science.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Art.

5. White claimed to be fascinated by the anatomy of what in "Motor Cars"?
(a) Progress.
(b) Cars.
(c) Decline.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Lime" written?

2. How many pounds of mackerel had White caught in "Report"?

3. What game sport did White describe in "Progress and Change"?

4. What did White write he would rather train to balance an Indian club "than induce a dachshund to heed my slightest command" in "Dog Training"?

5. When was Charlotte's Web published?

(see the answer key)

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