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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) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

2. When was "Removal" written?
(a) July, 1939.
(b) August, 1938.
(c) July, 1938.
(d) June, 1939.

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

4. White wrote that the threat of what was "always in the pit of your stomach" in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Rain.
(b) Snow.
(c) Death.
(d) Fog.

5. When was "Sabbath Morn" written?
(a) August, 1941.
(b) February, 1939.
(c) September, 1939.
(d) July, 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did E. B. White move from to Maine?

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

3. What kind of closet did White write he was building in "Removal"?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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