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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the book given to White in "The Practical Farmer"?
(a) Practical Farming for Beginners.
(b) Cattle Production.
(c) To Catch a Lobster.
(d) How to Raise Chickens.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. When was "Morningtime and Eveningtime" written?
(a) August, 1942.
(b) September, 1942.
(c) August, 1941.
(d) September, 1941.

10. What did White write started in the next week in "Songbirds"?
(a) Sugar rationing.
(b) Springtime.
(c) The rain.
(d) The war.

11. What governmental program sponsored the limestone donations in "Lime"?
(a) Washington's Fix.
(b) The Great Bandage.
(c) The Philadelphia Agreement.
(d) New Deal.

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

13. Who wrote the book that was given to White in "The Practical Farmer"?
(a) T. C. Morrison.
(b) H. A. Highstone.
(c) J. A. Williams.
(d) S. E. DeVille.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "A Shepherd's Life" 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. "Aunt Poo" referred to whose aunt?

4. What book did White receive in the story "Dog Training"?

5. "Intimations" was written three days after what historical event?

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