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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Week in April, Movies, A Boston Terrier, The World of Tomorrow and Walden.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. White wrote of driving past a woman in her yard using what in "Walden"?
(a) A fishing rod.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) A shovel.
(d) A lawnmower.

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

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

4. What large and unattractive item did White write "came to be a sort of symbol of what I was trying to escape from" in "Removal"?
(a) An armoir.
(b) A chest.
(c) A bookshelf.
(d) A mirror.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What ride did White watch people waiting in line for at the fair in "Security"?

2. Where was the junk shop that E. B. White went to get rid of a piece of furniture in "Removal"?

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

4. What train line in New York did White discover was being demolished in "Progress and Change"?

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

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