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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. In "Clear Days" what Disney film did White discuss?
(a) Fantasia.
(b) Sleeping Beauty.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Bambi.

2. What initial did White refer to his neighbor who had died in "A Week in April"?
(a) C.
(b) M.
(c) D.
(d) B.

3. Where did E. B. White move from to Maine?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Maryland.

4. What grew by the potatoes below the barn in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Beets.
(b) Asparagus.
(c) Mustard seed.
(d) Strawberries.

5. What adjective did White use to describe the schoolteacher's tasks in "Education"?
(a) Augean.
(b) Simple.
(c) Pythagorean.
(d) Herculean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game sport did White describe in "Progress and Change"?

2. In "Walden," White wrote, "I have never knelt at the grave of a philosopher nor placed wreaths on" what?

3. What did White write made the dogs uneasy in the beginning of "A Week in April"?

4. When was "Salt Water Farm" written?

5. What advertisement did White discuss in "A Boston Terrier"?

(see the answer key)

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