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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 many young men did White say had gone into the service from his town in "Fall"?
(a) 9.
(b) 34.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

2. When was "Morningtime and Eveningtime" written?
(a) September, 1941.
(b) August, 1942.
(c) August, 1941.
(d) September, 1942.

3. What was White building in "A Winter Diary"?
(a) A scow.
(b) A spice rack.
(c) A shed.
(d) A deck.

4. When was "On a Florida Key" written?
(a) February, 1941.
(b) March, 1940.
(c) March, 1941.
(d) January, 1940.

5. What society had White joined in "Compost"?
(a) World Wildlife Federation.
(b) Friends of the Land.
(c) The National Rifle Association.
(d) The Sierra Club.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. White wrote that he did not think there is any considerable good in what, in "Sanitation"?

3. How much did membership cost White to join the society in "Compost"?

4. In "Maine Speech," White wrote that the dialect in Maine "is as different from the tongue spoken in New York as Dutch is from" what?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did White remark about the exclusivity of Maine in "Maine Speech"?

8. What did White think of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's book in "The Wave of the Future"?

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

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

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