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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. When was "The Trailer Park" written?
(a) December, 1940.
(b) June, 1941.
(c) March, 1941.
(d) February, 1941.

2. White wrote that he did not think there is any considerable good in what, in "Sanitation"?
(a) Fishing in the rain.
(b) Punctuality.
(c) Clarity of thought.
(d) Hard work.

3. What did White write in "Morningtime and Eveningtime" was "in the western part of town, over on the river where it joins the sea"?
(a) The spotting post.
(b) The orchards.
(c) The docks.
(d) Rocky Point.

4. What word is used in place of "lift" in "Maine Speech"?
(a) Hernia.
(b) Heave.
(c) Heft.
(d) Hulk.

5. When was "Book Learning" written?
(a) July, 1942.
(b) September, 1942.
(c) April, 1942.
(d) June, 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When was "Memorandum" written?

3. White wrote in "Sanitation," "The good world will be impossible to achieve until parents quit teaching their children about" what?

4. When was "Morningtime and Eveningtime" written?

5. White wrote that a gentleman had come to his house to adjust what the other day in "Fall"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who did White take to the lake with him in "Once More to the Lake"? Why?

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

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

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

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

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