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

2. Where did White have lunch on Tuesday in "A Winter Diary," describing it as "booths and pine paneling and a voice singing 'I can bear the bells of Monterey"?
(a) The taproom.
(b) In a barn.
(c) At a neighbors house.
(d) At home.

3. What book did White receive in the story "Dog Training"?
(a) A Puppy's Education.
(b) Teach that Mutt.
(c) Dog Training Made Easy.
(d) Hounds of Glory.

4. What did E. B. White claim there was a lot of in him, which were not joiners in "Compost"?
(a) Fire.
(b) Rage.
(c) Cat.
(d) Insight.

5. What did White have to use to cure ringworm as a child in "Once More to the Lake"?
(a) Blueberry juice.
(b) Pond's Extract.
(c) Birch bark.
(d) White moss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used in place of "lift" in "Maine Speech"?

2. When was "Maine Speech" written?

3. What did White write was a popular word with boys in "Maine Speech"?

4. White wrote in "Sanitation," "The good world will be impossible to achieve until parents quit teaching their children about" what?

5. What did White claim was hard to get in "Songbirds"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did White effectively portray country life to an educated, urban audience?

2. How did White relate automobiles to politics in "Motor Cars"?

3. What internal conflict did White face in "Lime"?

4. Who did White take to the lake with him in "Once More to the Lake"? Why?

5. What events did White describe in "A Winter Diary"?

6. Who did White receive his survey from in "Questionnaire"? What were his answers?

7. Describe White's companions in "Coon Hunt."

8. What elements of E. B. White's writing make him engaging to the reader?

9. Who did "Aunt Poo" refer to? Why was White thinking of her?

10. What was the tone of the article "Freedom"?

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