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

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

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

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

5. What did White claim as his profession in "Questionnaire"?
(a) Steward of the land.
(b) Hunter/Gatherer.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Gypsy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much ground limestone did White receive from the government in "Lime"?

2. What crop did White claim had done well there in "Fall" that year?

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

4. 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"?

5. When was "Memorandum" written?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surroundings did White describe in "On a Florida Key"?

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

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

4. What survey did White conduct in "The Trailer Park"? What were his results?

5. What surprised White about raising sheep in "A Shepherd's Life"?

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

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

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

9. What does White compare in "Book Learning"? What were his conclusions?

10. What did White recount in "Fall"?

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