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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 receive in the story "Dog Training"?
(a) Teach that Mutt.
(b) A Puppy's Education.
(c) Dog Training Made Easy.
(d) Hounds of Glory.

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

3. "Aunt Poo" referred to whose aunt?
(a) Charles'.
(b) Katharine's.
(c) E. B. White's.
(d) Jack's.

4. How much did membership cost White to join the society in "Compost"?
(a) 6 dollars.
(b) 5 dollars.
(c) 1 dollar.
(d) 3 dollars.

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

6. Whose rooming house did White and his family seek shelter at in "A Winter Diary"?
(a) Mr. Johnson's.
(b) Mrs. Wilson's.
(c) Ms. Watson's.
(d) Grandma Worthington's.

7. When was "Motor Cars" written?
(a) January, 1940.
(b) January, 1941.
(c) October, 1940.
(d) July, 1939.

8. Where did White have lunch on Tuesday in "A Winter Diary," describing it as "booths and pine paneling and a voice singing 'I can bear the bells of Monterey"?
(a) At home.
(b) The taproom.
(c) In a barn.
(d) At a neighbors house.

9. In "Freedom," White berated those who are inclined to think positively about the results brought about by what?
(a) Kings and Queens.
(b) Dictators and Kings.
(c) Kings and fascists.
(d) Fascists and dictators.

10. What was the weather like in the beginning of "On a Florida Key"?
(a) Cold.
(b) Raining.
(c) Foggy.
(d) Sunny.

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

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

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

14. 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) 1 million.
(c) 120 million.
(d) 230 million.

15. 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) Public's wealth.
(c) Diesel's passion.
(d) Ford's dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "On a Florida Key" written?

2. What did White write in "Morningtime and Eveningtime" was "in the western part of town, over on the river where it joins the sea"?

3. Where did White go after breakfast on Tuesday in "A Winter Diary"?

4. What society had White joined in "Compost"?

5. Who wrote the book that was given to White in "The Practical Farmer"?

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