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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 magazine did White read to stay up to date on the cinema industry in "Movies"?
(a) Film Weekly.
(b) Entertainment Weekly.
(c) Motion Picture magazine.
(d) Movies Monthly.

2. What did White say grew in the patch close to the farm in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Blueberries.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Blackberries.
(d) Rhubarb.

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

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

5. Where was the junk shop that E. B. White went to get rid of a piece of furniture in "Removal"?
(a) 2nd Avenue.
(b) 14th Street.
(c) 3rd Avenue.
(d) 5th Avenue.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second edition of One Man's Meat, the book was expanded to include writings of E. B. White's for which magazine?

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

3. Where in Maine did E. B. White live while writing One Man's Meat?

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

5. White wrote in "Walden" that he had often gone a mile out of his way to avoid a place of what interest?

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