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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day of the week did White begin "A Week in April"?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Saturday.

2. When was "Removal" written?
(a) June, 1939.
(b) July, 1939.
(c) July, 1938.
(d) August, 1938.

3. Who was frantically pacing while White and his neighbor tried to corner the sheep in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?
(a) Steven.
(b) John.
(c) Fred.
(d) Morris.

4. In "Hot Weather," White wrote of beaches with bathhouses that smelled like what?
(a) Sour towels.
(b) Garbage cans.
(c) Dead fish.
(d) Unwashed feet.

5. Who did White accompany on a day of lobster fishing in "Second World War"?
(a) Mr. Diaz.
(b) Captain Donaldson.
(c) Mr. Dameron.
(d) First Mate William Rodgers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day did White go to the campground for the pièce de résistance in "Camp Meeting"?

2. White wrote that the threat of what was "always in the pit of your stomach" in "Salt Water Farm"?

3. What is the last of the animals White listed having in "Report"?

4. Where had White's son attended a "medium-priced private institution" in "Education"?

5. The ad in "A Boston Terrier" stated ""A dog's nervous system resembles" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Charles come over in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"? What did he and White do?

2. Why was White inundated with children's books in "Children's Books"? What books did he mention?

3. What was White's subject matter in "Town Meeting"? What conclusion did he reach?

4. What did White criticize about modern films in "Movies"?

5. What obstacle did White encounter in arranging his new office in "Incoming Basket"? What was his solution?

6. What did White describe doing in "Removal"? What was White's difficulty in this transition?

7. What was White's transition to Maine like in the first articles of One Man's Meat? How is this reflected in his writing?

8. What conflict did White face in "Clear Days"? How did he relate this to world events?

9. What was the central conflict in "First World War"?

10. What did White write about his feelings of religion in "Sabbath Morn"?

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