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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 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) 230 million.
(b) 16 million.
(c) 120 million.
(d) 1 million.

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

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

4. 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) Rocky Point.
(b) The docks.
(c) The spotting post.
(d) The orchards.

5. When was "Maine Speech" written?
(a) June, 1940.
(b) November, 1939.
(c) March, 1940.
(d) October, 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did White claim had been able to succeed because he was able to see the world as a whole and was not hampered by any limiting thoughts?

2. Where was White while writing "The Trailer Park"?

3. Where did White go after breakfast on Tuesday in "A Winter Diary"?

4. What hung on the west wall of White's cottage in "On a Florida Key"?

5. Who gave White the book on farming in "The Practical Farmer"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did White effectively portray country life to an educated, urban audience?

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

5. What events did White describe in "A Winter Diary"?

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

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

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

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

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

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