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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. What magazine did White acknowledge he should read rather than The Rural New Yorker in "Farm Paper"?
(a) Mother Earth News.
(b) The New England Homestead.
(c) John Deere Monthly.
(d) Popular Mechanics.

2. What book about a bee did White cite in "Children's Books"?
(a) Mr. Bee.
(b) James the Bee.
(c) Bumble Bumble Buzz.
(d) Bumblebuzz.

3. The ad in "A Boston Terrier" stated ""A dog's nervous system resembles" what?
(a) A monkey's.
(b) A bird's.
(c) Our own.
(d) A bear's.

4. With whom did White share pastures for their sheep in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) David.
(c) Charles.
(d) Edward.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The Trailer Park" written?

2. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that the same autumn which saw the abandonment of the window crank and the adoption of the push button saw also the registration of how many young men of fighting age?

3. Who did White write had never been exposed to public schools in "Education"?

4. How many young men did White say had gone into the service from his town in "Fall"?

5. The first edition of One Man's Meat was published in what year?

(see the answer key)

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