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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 did E. B. White claim there was a lot of in him, which were not joiners in "Compost"?
(a) Cat.
(b) Fire.
(c) Insight.
(d) Rage.

2. When was "Second World War" written?
(a) September, 1939.
(b) August, 1938.
(c) December, 1939.
(d) October, 1939.

3. What did White write his friend had around his land in "Poetry"?
(a) A white picket fence.
(b) Men with guns.
(c) An electric fence.
(d) Rocks.

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 bookshelf.
(b) An armoir.
(c) A chest.
(d) A mirror.

5. How many New Hampshire Red pullets did White have in the henhouse in "Report"?
(a) 68.
(b) 112.
(c) 124.
(d) 93.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had White taken a trip in "Walden"?

2. What day of the week does "A Winter Diary" begin?

3. What is the last of the animals White listed having in "Report"?

4. What was White building in "A Winter Diary"?

5. What did White write made the dogs uneasy in the beginning of "A Week in April"?

(see the answer key)

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