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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 much money had White calculated it cost him to maintain one turkey on his farm in "Security"?
(a) $643.23.
(b) $402.85.
(c) $424.23.
(d) $203.45.

2. How many children's books did White say his wife received in the past season in "Children's Books"?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 300.
(d) 140.

3. Three of the pieces in One Man's Meat were originally published in what magazine?
(a) New York Magazine.
(b) Harper's Bazaar.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Literary Monthly.

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

5. What book about a bee did White cite in "Children's Books"?
(a) Mr. Bee.
(b) Bumblebuzz.
(c) James the Bee.
(d) Bumble Bumble Buzz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did White write grew beyond in the pasture "amid juniper and granite and lambkill" in "Salt Water Farm"?

2. When was "Salt Water Farm" written?

3. Who did White write had never been exposed to public schools in "Education"?

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

5. What adjective did White use to describe the schoolteacher's tasks in "Education"?

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