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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. Where had White taken a trip in "Walden"?
(a) Concord, Massachusetts.
(b) Hartford, Connecticut.
(c) Buffalo, New York.
(d) Ottawa, Ontario.

2. In what grade was White's son in "Education"?
(a) Third.
(b) Fourth.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

3. When was "Removal" written?
(a) July, 1938.
(b) July, 1939.
(c) June, 1939.
(d) August, 1938.

4. What infirmity did the Boston terrier White had once owned have in "A Boston Terrier"?
(a) Missing one leg.
(b) No bladder control.
(c) Blind in one eye.
(d) Deaf in one ear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was E. B. White born?

2. 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"?

3. In "Walden," White wrote, "We may all be ______ yet, whether we like it or not."

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

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

(see the answer key)

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