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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 game sport did White describe in "Progress and Change"?
(a) Badminton.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Croquet.
(d) Horseshoes.

2. In what grade was White's son in "Education"?
(a) Third.
(b) Fourth.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

3. What book about a bee did White cite in "Children's Books"?
(a) Mr. Bee.
(b) Bumble Bumble Buzz.
(c) Bumblebuzz.
(d) James the Bee.

4. In what year was E. B. White's Forward to One Man's Meat written?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1944.

5. When was "Sabbath Morn" written?
(a) February, 1939.
(b) July, 1940.
(c) September, 1939.
(d) August, 1941.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Maine did E. B. White live while writing One Man's Meat?

2. Who did White write had never been exposed to public schools in "Education"?

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

4. What did White say grew in the patch close to the farm in "Salt Water Farm"?

5. What did White write grew beyond in the pasture "amid juniper and granite and lambkill" in "Salt Water Farm"?

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