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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. How many deaths were in the town the last year in "Fall"?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

2. When was "Report" written?
(a) March, 1940.
(b) December, 1939.
(c) November, 1939.
(d) February, 1940.

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

4. When was "Maine Speech" written?
(a) October, 1940.
(b) June, 1940.
(c) November, 1939.
(d) March, 1940.

5. White wrote of driving past a woman in her yard using what in "Walden"?
(a) A lawnmower.
(b) A fishing rod.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A shovel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did White claim had been able to succeed because he was able to see the world as a whole and was not hampered by any limiting thoughts?

2. White wrote that he was writing on the fourth day of what battle in "Compost"?

3. When was "Fall" written?

4. What event had White visited in "The World of Tomorrow"?

5. What was the name of E. B. White's wife?

(see the answer key)

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