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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 grew by the potatoes below the barn in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Beets.
(c) Mustard seed.
(d) Asparagus.

2. White wrote in "Children's Book's" that he'd shared his armchair with what book for the past 3 weeks?
(a) Huckleberry Finn.
(b) Boyhood Adventures of Our Presidents.
(c) Bumblebuzz.
(d) The Cat from Chicago.

3. With whom did E. B. White sympathize in sharing hay fever in "The Summer Catarrh"?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Daniel Webster.
(c) John Wilmore.
(d) Alexander Payne.

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

5. Where was E. B. White born?
(a) Queens, New York.
(b) Brooklyn, New York.
(c) Mt. Vernon, New York.
(d) Bangor, Maine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What basket did E. B. White decide was unnecessary on his Maine desk in "Incoming Basket"?

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

4. In what grade was White's son in "Education"?

5. How much money had White calculated it cost him to maintain one turkey on his farm in "Security"?

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