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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. "Aunt Poo" referred to whose aunt?
(a) Katharine's.
(b) Charles'.
(c) Jack's.
(d) E. B. White's.
2. When was "Maine Speech" written?
(a) October, 1940.
(b) June, 1940.
(c) March, 1940.
(d) November, 1939.
3. In what year did White's father rent a cabin on a lake in Maine and take his family there for the month of August in "Once More to the Lake"?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1906.
4. Who gave White the book on farming in "The Practical Farmer"?
(a) A preacher.
(b) His publishers.
(c) His wife.
(d) A salesman.
5. White wrote that he was writing on the fourth day of what battle in "Compost"?
(a) The Battle of Germany.
(b) The Battle of France.
(c) The Battle of Berlin.
(d) The Battle of Normandy.
6. What color were the walls painted in White's cottage in "On a Florida Key"?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.
7. When was "Book Learning" written?
(a) July, 1942.
(b) June, 1942.
(c) April, 1942.
(d) September, 1942.
8. 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) "Tunk it a little."
(c) "Bop it right."
(d) "Slap 'er now."
9. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that the "motor car is, more than any other object, the expression of the" what?
(a) Nation's character.
(b) Diesel's passion.
(c) Ford's dream.
(d) Public's wealth.
10. What word is used in place of "lift" in "Maine Speech"?
(a) Heft.
(b) Hernia.
(c) Heave.
(d) Hulk.
11. Who did White receive the questionnaire from in "Questionnaire"?
(a) Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Treasury.
(d) Selective Service.
12. "A Winter Diary" was written when?
(a) January, 1941.
(b) November, 1940.
(c) February, 1941.
(d) October, 1940.
13. What was the weather like in the beginning of "On a Florida Key"?
(a) Cold.
(b) Foggy.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Raining.
14. White wrote that he did not think there is any considerable good in what, in "Sanitation"?
(a) Punctuality.
(b) Hard work.
(c) Fishing in the rain.
(d) Clarity of thought.
15. What president did White refer to in "Lime"?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Calvin Coolidge.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.
Short Answer Questions
1. "My Day" was written when?
2. Who did White take with him to revisit his childhood lake in "Once More to the Lake"?
3. When was "On a Florida Key" written?
4. What crop did White claim had done well there in "Fall" that year?
5. What did White write was a popular word with boys in "Maine Speech"?
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