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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. Whose rooming house did White and his family seek shelter at in "A Winter Diary"?

2. What did White write that people say in Maine when "you are holding a wedge for somebody to tap with a hammer"?

3. What crop did White claim had done well there in "Fall" that year?

4. White wrote in "The Practical Farmer" that he found it extremely difficult to combine manual labor with what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What surroundings did White describe in "On a Florida Key"?

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

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

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

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

9. What elements of E. B. White's writing make him engaging to the reader?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the types of schools E. B. White and his wife Katharine attended. How were they different? How did this shape their ideals of education?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the world events in 1938, specifically examining the rise of Fascism and Nazism in Europe. What was the economy like in the United States during this period? How did White's assessment of his productivity in "Security" reflect the financial vision of the U.S.?

Essay Topic 3

Describe E. B. White's subject, themes, and symbolism in "The Practical Farmer" and "Sanitation." How did White relate a child's scratch to his entire life in "Sanitation"?

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