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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. What did White write was closely associated with evening and day's end in "Hot Weather"?
(a) Music.
(b) Wine.
(c) Sunsets.
(d) Food.

2. What did White write was a popular word with boys in "Maine Speech"?
(a) Baster.
(b) Mister.
(c) Jester.
(d) Luster.

3. The speaker in "Camp Meeting" spoke about his financial plan for taking care of who in the United States?
(a) The poor.
(b) The unemployed.
(c) The disabled.
(d) The elderly.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What large and unattractive item did White write "came to be a sort of symbol of what I was trying to escape from" in "Removal"?

2. In "Freedom," White berated those who are inclined to think positively about the results brought about by what?

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

4. What did White write "a hot-weather sign" in "Hot Weather"?

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

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