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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. In "Walden," White wrote, "I have never knelt at the grave of a philosopher nor placed wreaths on" what?
(a) Sickly actors.
(b) Moldy poets.
(c) Decayed philosophers.
(d) Dead presidents.

2. In what year was E. B. White's Forward to One Man's Meat written?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1944.

3. What grew by the potatoes below the barn in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Beets.
(b) Mustard seed.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Asparagus.

4. What ride did White watch people waiting in line for at the fair in "Security"?
(a) The hay ride.
(b) The roller coaster.
(c) The Ferris wheel.
(d) The twister.

5. Who gave White the book on farming in "The Practical Farmer"?
(a) His publishers.
(b) A preacher.
(c) A salesman.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did White write was closely associated with evening and day's end in "Hot Weather"?

2. 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?

3. When was Charlotte's Web published?

4. What magazine did White read to stay up to date on the cinema industry in "Movies"?

5. When was "Sabbath Morn" written?

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