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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Songbirds, Questionnaire, Aunt Poo, Book Learning and Morningtime and Eveningtime.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that the "motor car is, more than any other object, the expression of the" what?
(a) Nation's character.
(b) Diesel's passion.
(c) Public's wealth.
(d) Ford's dream.

2. The campground White described in "Camp Meeting" was in a clump of woods near what?
(a) Waterville.
(b) Oakland.
(c) East Machias.
(d) Bangor.

3. What was White building in "A Winter Diary"?
(a) A shed.
(b) A deck.
(c) A scow.
(d) A spice rack.

4. To whom did White write an imaginary letter in "Walden"?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin.
(d) Eugene Gladstone O'Neill.

5. What did White claim as his profession in "Questionnaire"?
(a) Gypsy.
(b) Hunter/Gatherer.
(c) Steward of the land.
(d) Farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. White wrote in "Walden" that he had often gone a mile out of his way to avoid a place of what interest?

2. When was "Book Learning" written?

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

4. What did White claim was hard to get in "Songbirds"?

5. What was the weather like in the beginning of "On a Florida Key"?

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