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

2. How much did membership cost White to join the society in "Compost"?
(a) 5 dollars.
(b) 6 dollars.
(c) 1 dollar.
(d) 3 dollars.

3. When was "A Shepherd's Life" written?
(a) August, 1940.
(b) October, 1939.
(c) February, 1940.
(d) April, 1940.

4. White wrote that he was working on a picture from what book in "A Winter Diary"?
(a) Build it Perfect.
(b) American Woodworking.
(c) The American Boy's Handy Book.
(d) The Handyman.

5. White wrote in "Sanitation," "The good world will be impossible to achieve until parents quit teaching their children about" what?
(a) Materialism.
(b) Radicalism.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Gluttony.

Short Answer Questions

1. White claimed to be fascinated by the anatomy of what in "Motor Cars"?

2. What did White have to use to cure ringworm as a child in "Once More to the Lake"?

3. What was the name of the book given to White in "The Practical Farmer"?

4. "My Day" was written when?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did White recount in "Fall"?

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

3. What was White's experience in training dogs like in "Dog Training"?

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

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

6. What world events were central in "Compost"? What was White's assertion of the situation?

7. What opposing imaged did White juxtapose in "Morningtime and Eveningtime"? What irony did he find?

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

9. What qualities of Spring did White describe in "Spring"?

10. What is the most notable of literary techniques White implemented in his articles?

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