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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 his friend had around his land in "Poetry"?
(a) A white picket fence.
(b) Men with guns.
(c) Rocks.
(d) An electric fence.

2. When was "The Flocks We Watch by Night" written?
(a) June, 1940.
(b) March, 1938.
(c) November, 1939.
(d) October, 1938.

3. "Songbirds" was written when?
(a) May, 1941.
(b) March, 1942.
(c) May, 1942.
(d) April, 1942.

4. What did White write grew beyond in the pasture "amid juniper and granite and lambkill" in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Wild strawberries.
(c) Asparagus.
(d) Juniper berries.

5. What did White say grew in the patch close to the farm in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Blueberries.
(b) Blackberries.
(c) Rhubarb.
(d) Strawberries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did White go to hear speak at the campground in "Camp Meeting"?

2. Why did White's neighbor come to get one of his ewes in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?

3. White wrote that the sound of what music "right after breakfast gives the summer day a loose, footless feeling" in "Hot Weather"?

4. How much did membership cost White to join the society in "Compost"?

5. Who did White take with him to revisit his childhood lake in "Once More to the Lake"?

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