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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Children's Books, Progress and Change, Salt Water Farm, Sabbath Morn and Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did E. B. White have?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

2. What adjective did White use to describe the schoolteacher's tasks in "Education"?
(a) Pythagorean.
(b) Herculean.
(c) Augean.
(d) Simple.

3. Where did E. B. White move from to Maine?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New York.

4. What kind of closet did White write he was building in "Removal"?
(a) Mothproof.
(b) Moldproof.
(c) Mouseproof.
(d) Fireproof.

5. Where was the junk shop that E. B. White went to get rid of a piece of furniture in "Removal"?
(a) 2nd Avenue.
(b) 5th Avenue.
(c) 3rd Avenue.
(d) 14th Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grew by the potatoes below the barn in "Salt Water Farm"?

2. What did White say grew in the patch close to the farm in "Salt Water Farm"?

3. In what year was E. B. White's Forward to One Man's Meat written?

4. When was "Removal" written?

5. Where in Maine did E. B. White live while writing One Man's Meat?

(see the answer key)

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