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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Winter Diary, On a Florida Key, The Trailer Park, Spring and My Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did White claim people from Maine said in place of "all" in "Maine Speech"?
(a) The entire lot.
(b) The whole of.
(c) Every last section.
(d) Every piece.

2. When was "Hot Weather" written?
(a) August, 1938.
(b) September, 1938.
(c) June, 1939.
(d) July, 1939.

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

4. 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"?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A bookshelf.
(c) A chest.
(d) An armoir.

5. How many White Plymouth Rock pullets did White have in the barn in "Report"?
(a) 36.
(b) 4.
(c) 55.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Compost" written?

2. White admitted in "Freedom" that he was not anxious to do what?

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

4. How many pounds of cod and haddock had White caught in "Report"?

5. What adjective did White use to describe the schoolteacher's tasks in "Education"?

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