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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that the "motor car is, more than any other object, the expression of the" what?
(a) Ford's dream.
(b) Public's wealth.
(c) Diesel's passion.
(d) Nation's character.

3. What word is used in place of "lift" in "Maine Speech"?
(a) Hernia.
(b) Heft.
(c) Hulk.
(d) Heave.

4. White wrote that he was writing on the fourth day of what battle in "Compost"?
(a) The Battle of Normandy.
(b) The Battle of Germany.
(c) The Battle of Berlin.
(d) The Battle of France.

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?
(a) 16 million.
(b) 230 million.
(c) 120 million.
(d) 1 million.

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

7. In "Book Learning," White wrote that what, "however sound in principle, often seems strangely unrelated to, and unaware of, the vital, grueling job of making a living by farming"?
(a) Scientific agriculture.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Scientific logic.
(d) Philosophic reasoning.

8. When was "Once More to the Lake" written?
(a) March, 1942.
(b) June, 1941.
(c) August, 1941.
(d) November, 1941.

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

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

11. White wrote that a gentleman had come to his house to adjust what the other day in "Fall"?
(a) A compass.
(b) A plow.
(c) A rifle sight.
(d) Eyeglasses.

12. How much ground limestone did White receive from the government in "Lime"?
(a) 1 ton.
(b) 3 tons.
(c) 1,200 pounds.
(d) 4,500 pounds.

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

14. What did White have to use to cure ringworm as a child in "Once More to the Lake"?
(a) Blueberry juice.
(b) Birch bark.
(c) Pond's Extract.
(d) White moss.

15. How many deaths were in the town the last year in "Fall"?
(a) 0.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did White describe on the floor of his cottage in "On a Florida Key"?

2. What fruit did White find labeled as having dye added in "On a Florida Key"?

3. When did White write he woke up on Tuesday in "A Winter Diary"?

4. What crop did White claim had done well there in "Fall" that year?

5. White wrote that he did not think there is any considerable good in what, in "Sanitation"?

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