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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book did White claim had been so successful because it is so forthright without restrictions in "Compost"?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) The Oxford English Dictionary.
(d) Mein Kampf.

2. When was "Compost" written?
(a) June, 1940.
(b) July, 1940.
(c) April, 1940.
(d) September, 1940.

3. "Intimations" was written three days after what historical event?
(a) Chineese New Year.
(b) Kennedy's assassination.
(c) The bombing of Hiroshima.
(d) The bombing of Pearl Harbor.

4. Where was White while writing "The Trailer Park"?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Florida.

5. When was "Maine Speech" written?
(a) November, 1939.
(b) June, 1940.
(c) March, 1940.
(d) October, 1940.

6. When was "On a Florida Key" written?
(a) March, 1940.
(b) February, 1941.
(c) March, 1941.
(d) January, 1940.

7. What was White building in "A Winter Diary"?
(a) A shed.
(b) A deck.
(c) A scow.
(d) A spice rack.

8. White claimed to be fascinated by the anatomy of what in "Motor Cars"?
(a) Decline.
(b) Women.
(c) Cars.
(d) Progress.

9. White wrote in "Sanitation," "The good world will be impossible to achieve until parents quit teaching their children about" what?
(a) Radicalism.
(b) Gluttony.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Materialism.

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

11. White wrote in "The Practical Farmer" that he found it extremely difficult to combine manual labor with what?
(a) Enjoyment.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) Intellectual labor.
(d) Rest.

12. What did White write he would rather train to balance an Indian club "than induce a dachshund to heed my slightest command" in "Dog Training"?
(a) A water buffalo.
(b) A zebra.
(c) A lion.
(d) A hyena

13. What fruit did White find labeled as having dye added in "On a Florida Key"?
(a) An apple.
(b) A pineapple.
(c) A mango.
(d) An orange.

14. What hung on the west wall of White's cottage in "On a Florida Key"?
(a) A painting.
(b) A school degree.
(c) An Indian rug.
(d) A bathing suit.

15. In the beginning of "A Shepherd's Life," White wrote "This is a day of 'high winds and _______ promises.
(a) Extravagant.
(b) Envious.
(c) Empty.
(d) Elegant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did E. B. White claim there was a lot of in him, which were not joiners in "Compost"?

2. When was "Morningtime and Eveningtime" written?

3. In what village did White and his family seek shelter at in "A Winter Diary"?

4. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that the "motor car is, more than any other object, the expression of the" what?

5. When was "A Shepherd's Life" written?

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