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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 claim was "painfully unimaginative in its attempt to perpetuate a faith that has been gutted by so many fires"?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Science.
(c) Church.
(d) Art.

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

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

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

5. What kind of closet did White write he was building in "Removal"?
(a) Fireproof.
(b) Mouseproof.
(c) Mothproof.
(d) Moldproof.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Salt Water Farm" written?

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

3. When was "Sabbath Morn" written?

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

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

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