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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 infirmity did the Boston terrier White had once owned have in "A Boston Terrier"?
(a) Missing one leg.
(b) Deaf in one ear.
(c) No bladder control.
(d) Blind in one eye.

2. In "Walden," White wrote, "We may all be ______ yet, whether we like it or not."
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Tremendous.
(d) Transcendental.

3. 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) Hitler.
(c) Charlie Chaplin.
(d) Himself.

4. The campground White described in "Camp Meeting" was in a clump of woods near what?
(a) East Machias.
(b) Waterville.
(c) Bangor.
(d) Oakland.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many deaths were in the town the last year in "Fall"?

3. When was "Fall" written?

4. How many of White's sheep were dungy tails in "Report"?

5. 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?

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