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

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

3. White wrote that he was working on a picture from what book in "A Winter Diary"?
(a) The American Boy's Handy Book.
(b) Build it Perfect.
(c) The Handyman.
(d) American Woodworking.

4. What book did White claim had been so successful because it is so forthright without restrictions in "Compost"?
(a) The Oxford English Dictionary.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Constitution.
(d) Mein Kampf.

5. When did White register in the draft in "Songbirds"?
(a) February.
(b) January.
(c) December.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was "Once More to the Lake" written?

3. "Intimations" was written three days after what historical event?

4. "My Day" was written when?

5. White wrote that he was writing on the fourth day of what battle in "Compost"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did White recount in "Fall"?

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

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

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

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

6. What was White's reaction to his gift in "The Practical Farmer"?

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

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

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

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

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