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

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

3. How many children did E. B. White have?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. In what year was E. B. White's Forward to One Man's Meat written?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1942.

5. Where had White's son attended a "medium-priced private institution" in "Education"?
(a) New York.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Sabbath Morn" written?

2. What grew by the potatoes below the barn in "Salt Water Farm"?

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

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

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

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