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

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) 140.
(d) 300.

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

4. What did White say grew in the patch close to the farm in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Rhubarb.
(b) Blueberries.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Blackberries.

5. Where in Maine did E. B. White live while writing One Man's Meat?
(a) Portland.
(b) Millinocket.
(c) North Brooklin.
(d) Bangor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. White wrote in "Children's Book's" that he'd shared his armchair with what book for the past 3 weeks?

3. White wrote that the threat of what was "always in the pit of your stomach" in "Salt Water Farm"?

4. When was "Removal" written?

5. In "Clear Days" what Disney film did White discuss?

(see the answer key)

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