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

2. What train line in New York did White discover was being demolished in "Progress and Change"?
(a) The G Train.
(b) The 14th Street El.
(c) Sixth Avenue El.
(d) The A Train.

3. In the second edition of One Man's Meat, the book was expanded to include writings of E. B. White's for which magazine?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Harper's Magazine.
(c) Collier's Magazine.
(d) Time Magazine.

4. What did White write grew beyond in the pasture "amid juniper and granite and lambkill" in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Juniper berries.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Asparagus.
(d) Wild strawberries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had White's son attended a "medium-priced private institution" in "Education"?

2. How many children's books did White say his wife received in the past season in "Children's Books"?

3. What large and unattractive item did White write "came to be a sort of symbol of what I was trying to escape from" in "Removal"?

4. When was "Removal" written?

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

(see the answer key)

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