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One Man's Meat | Quiz

E. B. White
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1)

What day did White go to the campground for the pièce de résistance in "Camp Meeting"? (from Hot Weather, Camp Meeting, Second World War, First World War and Poetry)

Thursday.
Sunday.
Friday.
Saturday.
2)

What magazine did White cite in describing the World's Fair Borden Exhibit in "Getting Ready for a Cow"? (from Getting Ready for a Cow, Bond Rally, A Week in November, Control and Cold Weather)

Newsweek.
Life.
Time.
National Geographic.
3)

When was "The Flocks We Watch by Night" written? (from The Flocks We Watch by Night, Report, Fro-Joy, Farm Paper and Town Meeting)

November, 1939.
October, 1938.
June, 1940.
March, 1938.
4)

When had White registered for the draft when he became eligible in "First World War"? (from Hot Weather, Camp Meeting, Second World War, First World War and Poetry)

January, 1919.
August, 1918.
February, 1919.
September, 1918.
5)

How many White Plymouth Rock pullets did White have in the barn in "Report"? (from The Flocks We Watch by Night, Report, Fro-Joy, Farm Paper and Town Meeting)

55.
4.
36.
12.
6)

What did E. B. White claim there was a lot of in him, which were not joiners in "Compost"? (from A Shepherd's Life, Compost, Freedom, The Practical Farmer and Sanitation)

Rage.
Cat.
Insight.
Fire.
7)

How many years had White prepared before getting a cow in "Getting Ready for a Cow"? (from Getting Ready for a Cow, Bond Rally, A Week in November, Control and Cold Weather)

3 years.
1 year.
7 years.
4 years.
8)

"A Week in November" was written in what year? (from Getting Ready for a Cow, Bond Rally, A Week in November, Control and Cold Weather)

1940.
1941.
1942.
1939.
9)

How much did membership cost White to join the society in "Compost"? (from A Shepherd's Life, Compost, Freedom, The Practical Farmer and Sanitation)

3 dollars.
1 dollar.
6 dollars.
5 dollars.
10)

"The Flocks We Watch by Night" begins on the "afternoon of the day after the first" what? (from The Flocks We Watch by Night, Report, Fro-Joy, Farm Paper and Town Meeting)

Full moon.
Goose migration.
Killing frost.
Hail storm.
11)

What was the weather like in the beginning of "On a Florida Key"? (from A Winter Diary, On a Florida Key, The Trailer Park, Spring and My Day)

Cold.
Foggy.
Sunny.
Raining.
12)

Who wrote the book that was given to White in "The Practical Farmer"? (from A Shepherd's Life, Compost, Freedom, The Practical Farmer and Sanitation)

H. A. Highstone.
J. A. Williams.
T. C. Morrison.
S. E. DeVille.
13)

How many of White's sheep were dungy tails in "Report"? (from The Flocks We Watch by Night, Report, Fro-Joy, Farm Paper and Town Meeting)

1.
2.
4.
0.
14)

"Intimations" was written three days after what historical event? (from Once More to the Lake, Fall, Memorandum, Coon Hunt and Intimations)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Kennedy's assassination.
The bombing of Hiroshima.
Chineese New Year.
15)

When did World War I end? (from Hot Weather, Camp Meeting, Second World War, First World War and Poetry)

January, 1919.
December, 1918.
March, 1919.
November, 1918.
16)

When did White write he woke up on Tuesday in "A Winter Diary"? (from A Winter Diary, On a Florida Key, The Trailer Park, Spring and My Day)

5:15.
6:00.
10:30.
7:15.
17)

When was "Memorandum" written? (from Once More to the Lake, Fall, Memorandum, Coon Hunt and Intimations)

October, 1941.
January, 1942.
June, 1941.
December, 1941.
18)

What did White write that people say in Maine when "you are holding a wedge for somebody to tap with a hammer"? (from Motor Cars, Maine Speech, Lime, Dog Training and The Wave of the Future)

"Slap 'er now."
"Bop it right."
"Tunk it a little."
"Tap it in."
19)

When was "Book Learning" written? (from Songbirds, Questionnaire, Aunt Poo, Book Learning and Morningtime and Eveningtime)

September, 1942.
July, 1942.
June, 1942.
April, 1942.
20)

What river town did White claim "is a metropolis loved by the heat" in "Bond Rally"? (from Getting Ready for a Cow, Bond Rally, A Week in November, Control and Cold Weather)

Bar Harbor.
Bangor.
Portland.
Madison.
21)

What society had White joined in "Compost"? (from A Shepherd's Life, Compost, Freedom, The Practical Farmer and Sanitation)

The National Rifle Association.
World Wildlife Federation.
The Sierra Club.
Friends of the Land.
22)

What did White write he would rather train to balance an Indian club "than induce a dachshund to heed my slightest command" in "Dog Training"? (from Motor Cars, Maine Speech, Lime, Dog Training and The Wave of the Future)

A zebra.
A hyena
A water buffalo.
A lion.
23)

What was the name of the book given to White in "The Practical Farmer"? (from A Shepherd's Life, Compost, Freedom, The Practical Farmer and Sanitation)

To Catch a Lobster.
Cattle Production.
Practical Farming for Beginners.
How to Raise Chickens.
24)

Where did White go after breakfast on Tuesday in "A Winter Diary"? (from A Winter Diary, On a Florida Key, The Trailer Park, Spring and My Day)

The harware store.
The bank.
The doctor.
The mill.
25)

What did White see hunting in a field as he drove his son to school in "Second World War"? (from Hot Weather, Camp Meeting, Second World War, First World War and Poetry)

A cat.
A pack of wolves.
Three men.
A fox.
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