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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 claimed to be fascinated by the anatomy of what in "Motor Cars"?
(a) Progress.
(b) Women.
(c) Decline.
(d) Cars.

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

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

4. Where did White go after breakfast on Tuesday in "A Winter Diary"?
(a) The harware store.
(b) The bank.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The mill.

5. What president did White refer to in "Lime"?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Calvin Coolidge.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. In what village did White and his family seek shelter at in "A Winter Diary"?

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

4. In "Freedom," White berated those who are inclined to think positively about the results brought about by what?

5. White wrote in "The Practical Farmer" that he found it extremely difficult to combine manual labor with what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What actions did White retell in "My Day"?

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