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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crop did White claim had done well there in "Fall" that year?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Corn.
(c) Rhubarb.
(d) Pumpkins.

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

3. When was "Book Learning" written?
(a) June, 1942.
(b) July, 1942.
(c) April, 1942.
(d) September, 1942.

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

5. In "Maine Speech," White wrote that the dialect in Maine "is as different from the tongue spoken in New York as Dutch is from" what?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Spanish
(d) English.

6. 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 water buffalo.
(c) A zebra.
(d) A hyena

7. What society had White joined in "Compost"?
(a) The National Rifle Association.
(b) The Sierra Club.
(c) World Wildlife Federation.
(d) Friends of the Land.

8. What did White write was a popular word with boys in "Maine Speech"?
(a) Luster.
(b) Mister.
(c) Jester.
(d) Baster.

9. In what village did White and his family seek shelter at in "A Winter Diary"?
(a) Japan.
(b) Tibet.
(c) China.
(d) Malaysia.

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

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

12. What did White write in "Morningtime and Eveningtime" was "in the western part of town, over on the river where it joins the sea"?
(a) The docks.
(b) Rocky Point.
(c) The spotting post.
(d) The orchards.

13. 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.

14. "A Winter Diary" was written when?
(a) October, 1940.
(b) November, 1940.
(c) February, 1941.
(d) January, 1941.

15. Who did White receive the questionnaire from in "Questionnaire"?
(a) Selective Service.
(b) The Navy.
(c) Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(d) The Treasury.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. White wrote that he was working on a picture from what book in "A Winter Diary"?

3. "Songbirds" was written when?

4. When was "Morningtime and Eveningtime" written?

5. When was "The Trailer Park" written?

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