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

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

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) Time Magazine.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Harper's Magazine.
(d) Collier's 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. White wrote that the threat of what was "always in the pit of your stomach" in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Death.
(b) Fog.
(c) Snow.
(d) Rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did E. B. White sympathize in sharing hay fever in "The Summer Catarrh"?

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

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

4. What book about a bee did White cite in "Children's Books"?

5. How many children did E. B. White have?

(see the answer key)

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