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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. What did White see hunting in a field as he drove his son to school in "Second World War"?
(a) A cat.
(b) A fox.
(c) Three men.
(d) A pack of wolves.

2. What day did White go to the campground for the pièce de résistance in "Camp Meeting"?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

3. What book did White receive in the story "Dog Training"?
(a) Teach that Mutt.
(b) Hounds of Glory.
(c) A Puppy's Education.
(d) Dog Training Made Easy.

4. What magazine did White acknowledge he should read rather than The Rural New Yorker in "Farm Paper"?
(a) Popular Mechanics.
(b) The New England Homestead.
(c) John Deere Monthly.
(d) Mother Earth News.

5. In "Walden," White wrote, "We may all be ______ yet, whether we like it or not."
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Transcendental.
(c) Tremendous.
(d) Terrified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book about a bee did White cite in "Children's Books"?

2. What did White write was closely associated with evening and day's end in "Hot Weather"?

3. What president did White refer to in "Lime"?

4. When was "Sabbath Morn" written?

5. In the end of "The Flocks We Watch by Night" White and his neighbor ended up at the neighbor's house doing what?

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