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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. What magazine did White read to stay up to date on the cinema industry in "Movies"?
(a) Film Weekly.
(b) Movies Monthly.
(c) Entertainment Weekly.
(d) Motion Picture magazine.

2. When was "Salt Water Farm" written?
(a) August, 1940.
(b) July, 1939.
(c) September, 1939.
(d) January, 1939.

3. What advertisement did White discuss in "A Boston Terrier"?
(a) Standard Oil.
(b) Gordon's Gin.
(c) The World's Fair.
(d) Camel cigarettes.

4. What did White write that people say in Maine when "you are holding a wedge for somebody to tap with a hammer"?
(a) "Slap 'er now."
(b) "Bop it right."
(c) "Tunk it a little."
(d) "Tap it in."

5. What did White describe on the floor of his cottage in "On a Florida Key"?
(a) A straw mat.
(b) An alligator.
(c) A palm frond.
(d) Sand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. White wrote in "Sanitation," "The good world will be impossible to achieve until parents quit teaching their children about" what?

3. What was White building in "A Winter Diary"?

4. White wrote that he was working on a picture from what book in "A Winter Diary"?

5. In what grade was White's son in "Education"?

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