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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Getting Ready for a Cow, Bond Rally, A Week in November, Control and Cold Weather.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did White receive the questionnaire from in "Questionnaire"?
(a) The Treasury.
(b) The Navy.
(c) Selective Service.
(d) Federal Bureau of Investigation.

2. What movie did White cite in which Bette Davis plays a woman who relinquishes her wealth to move to the country to be with her physician husband in "Movies"?
(a) "Dark Victory."
(b) "Kid Galahad."
(c) "Juarez."
(d) "Jezebel."

3. What did White write that people say in Maine when "you are holding a wedge for somebody to tap with a hammer"?
(a) "Tap it in."
(b) "Bop it right."
(c) "Tunk it a little."
(d) "Slap 'er now."

4. How many of White's sheep were dungy tails in "Report"?
(a) 0.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

5. How many grade sheep did White report having in "Report"?
(a) 13.
(b) 27.
(c) 15.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Hot Weather," White wrote of beaches with bathhouses that smelled like what?

2. White wrote in "Walden" that he had often gone a mile out of his way to avoid a place of what interest?

3. What did White write was a popular word with boys in "Maine Speech"?

4. When was "Compost" written?

5. In "Clear Days" what Disney film did White discuss?

(see the answer key)

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