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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. 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) German.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish
(d) English.

2. Who did White accompany on a day of lobster fishing in "Second World War"?
(a) First Mate William Rodgers.
(b) Mr. Diaz.
(c) Captain Donaldson.
(d) Mr. Dameron.

3. What president did White refer to in "Lime"?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

4. What is the last of the animals White listed having in "Report"?
(a) A ferret.
(b) A beaver.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A captive mouse.

5. How many dozen eggs, brown-shelled did White claim to have produced in the past year in "Report"?
(a) 905.
(b) 149.
(c) 347.
(d) 482.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine did White acknowledge he should read rather than The Rural New Yorker in "Farm Paper"?

2. How many Toulouse geese did White have in "Report"?

3. What train line in New York did White discover was being demolished in "Progress and Change"?

4. The speaker in "Camp Meeting" spoke about his financial plan for taking care of who in the United States?

5. When was "Motor Cars" written?

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