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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did White describe on the floor of his cottage in "On a Florida Key"?
(a) A palm frond.
(b) A straw mat.
(c) Sand.
(d) An alligator.

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

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

4. What book did White claim had been so successful because it is so forthright without restrictions in "Compost"?
(a) The Oxford English Dictionary.
(b) Mein Kampf.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Constitution.

5. White wrote in "A Shepherd's Life" that his goose would lay her what egg today?
(a) First.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Sixth.

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

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

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

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

10. When did White write he woke up on Tuesday in "A Winter Diary"?
(a) 6:00.
(b) 7:15.
(c) 10:30.
(d) 5:15.

11. Aunt Poo had married a man from where in "Aunt Poo"?
(a) Mongolia.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Japan.
(d) Nepal.

12. "Intimations" was written three days after what historical event?
(a) The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
(b) The bombing of Hiroshima.
(c) Chineese New Year.
(d) Kennedy's assassination.

13. When was "Maine Speech" written?
(a) March, 1940.
(b) October, 1940.
(c) November, 1939.
(d) June, 1940.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the weather like in the beginning of "On a Florida Key"?

2. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that some years ago "car manufacturers maliciously began reducing the size of windows and increasing the size of" what?

3. In the beginning of "A Shepherd's Life," White wrote "This is a day of 'high winds and _______ promises.

4. When was "The Trailer Park" written?

5. When was "Memorandum" written?

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