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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Once More to the Lake, Fall, Memorandum, Coon Hunt and Intimations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Yiddish word did E. B. White use in "Removal" that means a person who jokes, chitchats, or makes wisecracks while others are trying to work or to discuss something seriously?
(a) Goy.
(b) Putz.
(c) Kibitzer.
(d) Chutzpah.

2. Where did E. B. White move from to Maine?
(a) New York.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Rhode Island.

3. What governmental program sponsored the limestone donations in "Lime"?
(a) The Great Bandage.
(b) New Deal.
(c) Washington's Fix.
(d) The Philadelphia Agreement.

4. How many New Hampshire Red pullets did White have in the henhouse in "Report"?
(a) 124.
(b) 112.
(c) 68.
(d) 93.

5. In "Maine Speech," White wrote that the dialect in Maine "is as different from the tongue spoken in New York as Dutch is from" what?
(a) Spanish
(b) English.
(c) German.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of E. B. White's wife?

2. When did World War I end?

3. Who did White go to hear speak at the campground in "Camp Meeting"?

4. In what year was E. B. White's Forward to One Man's Meat written?

5. In "Fro-Joy," White and his wife set out to find a neighbor willing to lend what?

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