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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 color were the walls painted in White's cottage in "On a Florida Key"?

2. What day of the week does "A Winter Diary" begin?

3. How many births were there in the town the last year in "Fall"?

4. What was White building in "A Winter Diary"?

5. Who did White take with him to revisit his childhood lake in "Once More to the Lake"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who did "Aunt Poo" refer to? Why was White thinking of her?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the events in September 1939 and their impact on E. B. White. How does White effectively juxtapose country life against the backdrop of war overseas?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the state of the U.S. economy in the end of 1939 going into 1940. When had the Great Depression begun? When did it end? How are White's assessments in "Report" reflective of the U.S. economy?

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