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

2. What book about a bee did White cite in "Children's Books"?
(a) Mr. Bee.
(b) Bumblebuzz.
(c) Bumble Bumble Buzz.
(d) James the Bee.

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

4. In the second edition of One Man's Meat, the book was expanded to include writings of E. B. White's for which magazine?
(a) Time Magazine.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Collier's Magazine.
(d) Harper's Magazine.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did White write had never been exposed to public schools in "Education"?

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

4. In what year was E. B. White's Forward to One Man's Meat written?

5. What magazine did White read to stay up to date on the cinema industry in "Movies"?

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