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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. Who did White receive the questionnaire from in "Questionnaire"?
(a) Selective Service.
(b) The Treasury.
(c) The Navy.
(d) Federal Bureau of Investigation.

2. Who gave White the book on farming in "The Practical Farmer"?
(a) His wife.
(b) A salesman.
(c) A preacher.
(d) His publishers.

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

4. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that the same autumn which saw the abandonment of the window crank and the adoption of the push button saw also the registration of how many young men of fighting age?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 120 million.
(c) 16 million.
(d) 230 million.

5. What color were the walls painted in White's cottage in "On a Florida Key"?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of "A Shepherd's Life," White wrote "This is a day of 'high winds and _______ promises.

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

3. When was "The Trailer Park" written?

4. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that some years ago "car manufacturers maliciously began reducing the size of windows and increasing the size of" what?

5. When was "Memorandum" written?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did White recount in "Fall"?

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

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

7. What sort of list is the article "Memorandum"? What did White conclude in the article?

8. In what way did White claim children could be coddled in "Sanitation"?

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

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

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