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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. How many births were there in the town the last year in "Fall"?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 22.
(d) 3.

3. "Songbirds" was written when?
(a) April, 1942.
(b) May, 1942.
(c) March, 1942.
(d) May, 1941.

4. When was "Lime" written?
(a) January, 1941.
(b) December, 1940.
(c) November, 1940.
(d) February, 1941.

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

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

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

8. "My Day" was written when?
(a) May, 1941.
(b) August, 1941.
(c) June, 1941.
(d) January, 1941.

9. Where did White go after breakfast on Tuesday in "A Winter Diary"?
(a) The mill.
(b) The bank.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The harware store.

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

11. White admitted in "Freedom" that he was not anxious to do what?
(a) Change the world.
(b) To go to New York City.
(c) Attend a funeral.
(d) Work anymore.

12. What day of the week does "A Winter Diary" begin?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Friday.

13. When was "Memorandum" written?
(a) December, 1941.
(b) October, 1941.
(c) January, 1942.
(d) June, 1941.

14. 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 lion.
(b) A zebra.
(c) A hyena
(d) A water buffalo.

15. 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) The taproom.
(b) At home.
(c) At a neighbors house.
(d) In a barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did White claim people from Maine said in place of "all" in "Maine Speech"?

2. When was "The Trailer Park" written?

3. White wrote that a gentleman had come to his house to adjust what the other day in "Fall"?

4. What did White write started in the next week in "Songbirds"?

5. What word is used in place of "lift" in "Maine Speech"?

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