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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 movie did White cite in which Bette Davis plays a woman who relinquishes her wealth to move to the country to be with her physician husband in "Movies"?
(a) "Kid Galahad."
(b) "Jezebel."
(c) "Dark Victory."
(d) "Juarez."

2. "The Flocks We Watch by Night" begins on the "afternoon of the day after the first" what?
(a) Killing frost.
(b) Hail storm.
(c) Full moon.
(d) Goose migration.

3. When did White register in the draft in "Songbirds"?
(a) February.
(b) May.
(c) December.
(d) January.

4. "My Day" was written when?
(a) June, 1941.
(b) May, 1941.
(c) August, 1941.
(d) January, 1941.

5. Who did White go to hear speak at the campground in "Camp Meeting"?
(a) Dr. Franklin. T. Ellis.
(b) Dr. Edward. T. Fairchild.
(c) Dr. Terrance F. Edwards.
(d) Dr. Francis E. Townsend.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first edition of One Man's Meat was published in what year?

2. What president did White refer to in "Lime"?

3. When had White registered for the draft when he became eligible in "First World War"?

4. In the second edition of One Man's Meat, the book was expanded to include writings of E. B. White's for which magazine?

5. In "Book Learning," White wrote that what, "however sound in principle, often seems strangely unrelated to, and unaware of, the vital, grueling job of making a living by farming"?

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