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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. When did White write he woke up on Tuesday in "A Winter Diary"?
(a) 7:15.
(b) 5:15.
(c) 10:30.
(d) 6:00.

2. "A Winter Diary" was written when?
(a) November, 1940.
(b) February, 1941.
(c) October, 1940.
(d) January, 1941.

3. What did White write made the dogs uneasy in the beginning of "A Week in April"?
(a) The thunder.
(b) The fog.
(c) The rain.
(d) A full moon.

4. How many pounds of mackerel had White caught in "Report"?
(a) 246.
(b) 38.
(c) 542.
(d) 150.

5. When was "Removal" written?
(a) July, 1938.
(b) August, 1938.
(c) June, 1939.
(d) July, 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dog was Fred?

2. 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"?

3. "The Flocks We Watch by Night" begins on the "afternoon of the day after the first" what?

4. White wrote that he was writing on the fourth day of what battle in "Compost"?

5. When was "The Flocks We Watch by Night" written?

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