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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. White wrote that the threat of what was "always in the pit of your stomach" in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Snow.
(b) Rain.
(c) Death.
(d) Fog.

2. The speaker in "Camp Meeting" spoke about his financial plan for taking care of who in the United States?
(a) The elderly.
(b) The poor.
(c) The disabled.
(d) The unemployed.

3. What did White write made the dogs uneasy in the beginning of "A Week in April"?
(a) The rain.
(b) The fog.
(c) A full moon.
(d) The thunder.

4. How many New Hampshire Red pullets did White have in the henhouse in "Report"?
(a) 124.
(b) 68.
(c) 112.
(d) 93.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Removal" written?

2. In the end of "The Flocks We Watch by Night" White and his neighbor ended up at the neighbor's house doing what?

3. What did White write was closely associated with evening and day's end in "Hot Weather"?

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

5. How many pounds of cod and haddock had White caught in "Report"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had White and his wife gone in search of in "Fro-Joy"? What was White's conclusion?

2. What was White's impression of the World's Fair in "World of Tomorrow"?

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

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

5. Where did White go in "Second World War"? What was his impression of the trip and his companion?

6. What did White conclude about poets in "Poetry"?

7. What magazines did White discuss in the article "Farm Paper"?

8. What irony did White note about the dog in "A Boston Terrier"?

9. What foreshadowing can be seen in White's second section of articles in One Man's Meat?

10. When was "The Summer Catarrh" written? What did White write about his allergies in this essay?

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