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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Songbirds, Questionnaire, Aunt Poo, Book Learning and Morningtime and Eveningtime.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did White's neighbor come to get one of his ewes in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?
(a) She just gave birth.
(b) Her mouth was bleeding.
(c) Her leg was injured.
(d) She had a cough.

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

3. What did E. B. White claim there was a lot of in him, which were not joiners in "Compost"?
(a) Insight.
(b) Rage.
(c) Cat.
(d) Fire.

4. The speaker in "Camp Meeting" spoke about his financial plan for taking care of who in the United States?
(a) The unemployed.
(b) The elderly.
(c) The disabled.
(d) The poor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book about a bee did White cite in "Children's Books"?

2. In "Clear Days" what Disney film did White discuss?

3. What train line in New York did White discover was being demolished in "Progress and Change"?

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

5. What initial did White refer to his neighbor who had died in "A Week in April"?

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