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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did White see hunting in a field as he drove his son to school in "Second World War"?
2. How many grade sheep did White report having in "Report"?
3. How many of White's sheep were dungy tails in "Report"?
4. What magazine did White read to stay up to date on the cinema industry in "Movies"?
5. White wrote of driving past a woman in her yard using what in "Walden"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What events did White describe in "A Week in April"?
2. When was "Report" written? What did this article entail?
3. Why was White inundated with children's books in "Children's Books"? What books did he mention?
4. When did "Hot Weather" take place? What imagery did White exhibit in the essay?
5. Who did White see speak in "Camp Meeting"? What were his conclusions of the speech?
6. What was White's transition to Maine like in the first articles of One Man's Meat? How is this reflected in his writing?
7. What did White discover about his expenses on the farm in "Security"? What was he doing in the narrative?
8. What obstacle did White encounter in arranging his new office in "Incoming Basket"? What was his solution?
9. How vast was the farm White owned and described in "Salt Water Farm"?
10. When was "The Summer Catarrh" written? What did White write about his allergies in this essay?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the career of Dr. Francis E. Townsend, the Townsend Plan and its influence on the Social Security program, and E. B. White's impressions of Townsend's ideas. Why did White believe the Maine locals would disregard Townsend?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the emergence of the census in the United States and how this affected White and others in the early 1940s. What was the opposition to the census about?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the differences between schools in New York and rural Maine. How did the teacher responsibilities differ in the two settings? Did the subjects remain the same?
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