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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Flocks We Watch by Night, Report, Fro-Joy, Farm Paper and Town Meeting.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in Maine did E. B. White live while writing One Man's Meat?
(a) Bangor.
(b) North Brooklin.
(c) Millinocket.
(d) Portland.

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

3. What did White write "a hot-weather sign" in "Hot Weather"?
(a) The comma.
(b) The asterick.
(c) The exclamation point.
(d) The question mark.

4. What did White claim was "painfully unimaginative in its attempt to perpetuate a faith that has been gutted by so many fires"?
(a) Art.
(b) Church.
(c) Science.
(d) Philosophy.

5. What magazine did White acknowledge he should read rather than The Rural New Yorker in "Farm Paper"?
(a) The New England Homestead.
(b) John Deere Monthly.
(c) Mother Earth News.
(d) Popular Mechanics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what highway did White write he was doing fifty on in "Walden"?

3. What did White write "is so closely associated with brisk affairs" in "Hot Weather"?

4. When was "Removal" written?

5. Where had White taken a trip in "Walden"?

(see the answer key)

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