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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Children's Books, Progress and Change, Salt Water Farm, Sabbath Morn and Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of E. B. White's wife?
(a) Christina.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Katharine.
(d) Sarah.

2. Where was the junk shop that E. B. White went to get rid of a piece of furniture in "Removal"?
(a) 5th Avenue.
(b) 14th Street.
(c) 3rd Avenue.
(d) 2nd Avenue.

3. White wrote in "Children's Book's" that he'd shared his armchair with what book for the past 3 weeks?
(a) The Cat from Chicago.
(b) Boyhood Adventures of Our Presidents.
(c) Huckleberry Finn.
(d) Bumblebuzz.

4. When was "Removal" written?
(a) July, 1939.
(b) June, 1939.
(c) August, 1938.
(d) July, 1938.

5. What adjective did White use to describe the schoolteacher's tasks in "Education"?
(a) Augean.
(b) Pythagorean.
(c) Simple.
(d) Herculean.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Sabbath Morn" written?

2. What did White claim was "painfully unimaginative in its attempt to perpetuate a faith that has been gutted by so many fires"?

3. How much money had White calculated it cost him to maintain one turkey on his farm in "Security"?

4. White wrote that the threat of what was "always in the pit of your stomach" in "Salt Water Farm"?

5. What basket did E. B. White decide was unnecessary on his Maine desk in "Incoming Basket"?

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