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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Getting Ready for a Cow, Bond Rally, A Week in November, Control and Cold Weather.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did White have to use to cure ringworm as a child in "Once More to the Lake"?
(a) Birch bark.
(b) Blueberry juice.
(c) Pond's Extract.
(d) White moss.

2. What day of the week does "A Winter Diary" begin?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Saturday.

3. How many dozen eggs, brown-shelled did White claim to have produced in the past year in "Report"?
(a) 149.
(b) 482.
(c) 347.
(d) 905.

4. What infirmity did the Boston terrier White had once owned have in "A Boston Terrier"?
(a) No bladder control.
(b) Blind in one eye.
(c) Deaf in one ear.
(d) Missing one leg.

5. What kind of dog was Fred?
(a) Dachshund.
(b) Great Dane.
(c) Rottweiler.
(d) German Shepherd.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Songbirds" was written when?

2. What did E. B. White claim there was a lot of in him, which were not joiners in "Compost"?

3. How many years had White prepared before getting a cow in "Getting Ready for a Cow"?

4. What grew by the potatoes below the barn in "Salt Water Farm"?

5. What advertisement did White discuss in "A Boston Terrier"?

(see the answer key)

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