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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 was the name of the book given to White in "The Practical Farmer"?

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

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

4. In what year did White's father rent a cabin on a lake in Maine and take his family there for the month of August in "Once More to the Lake"?

5. What society had White joined in "Compost"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did White recount in "Fall"?

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

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

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

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

9. What did White remark about the exclusivity of Maine in "Maine Speech"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe E. B. White's move from the city to the country. Where was White born and where did he move from? What was his farm like in comparison to his city home?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Hitler's Mein Kampf and the state of World War II during 1940 and 1941. How is White's writing reflective of his emotional state about the war?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the events surrounding "Children's Books" and "Progress and Change," including the closing of the Sixth Avenue El in New York. What international events did White discuss in "Progress and Change"?

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