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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. Where had White taken a trip in "Walden"?
(a) Concord, Massachusetts.
(b) Hartford, Connecticut.
(c) Ottawa, Ontario.
(d) Buffalo, New York.

2. Who did White claim had been able to succeed because he was able to see the world as a whole and was not hampered by any limiting thoughts?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Himself.
(c) Charlie Chaplin.
(d) Hitler.

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

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

5. What governmental program sponsored the limestone donations in "Lime"?
(a) The Philadelphia Agreement.
(b) New Deal.
(c) Washington's Fix.
(d) The Great Bandage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did White accompany on a day of lobster fishing in "Second World War"?

2. With whom did E. B. White sympathize in sharing hay fever in "The Summer Catarrh"?

3. When was "Report" written?

4. What book did White claim had been so successful because it is so forthright without restrictions in "Compost"?

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

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