View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Once More to the Lake, Fall, Memorandum, Coon Hunt and Intimations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. White wrote in "The Practical Farmer" that he found it extremely difficult to combine manual labor with what?
(a) Enjoyment.
(b) Rest.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) Intellectual labor.

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

3. Where did White go after breakfast on Tuesday in "A Winter Diary"?
(a) The mill.
(b) The doctor.
(c) The bank.
(d) The harware store.

4. How much did membership cost White to join the society in "Compost"?
(a) 3 dollars.
(b) 1 dollar.
(c) 6 dollars.
(d) 5 dollars.

5. In "Hot Weather," White wrote of beaches with bathhouses that smelled like what?
(a) Sour towels.
(b) Garbage cans.
(c) Dead fish.
(d) Unwashed feet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of dog was Fred?

3. What Yiddish word did E. B. White use in "Removal" that means a person who jokes, chitchats, or makes wisecracks while others are trying to work or to discuss something seriously?

4. What grew by the potatoes below the barn in "Salt Water Farm"?

5. When was "Lime" written?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 198 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample