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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 shotgun.
(b) A fishing rod.
(c) A shovel.
(d) A lawnmower.

2. With whom did E. B. White sympathize in sharing hay fever in "The Summer Catarrh"?
(a) John Wilmore.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Alexander Payne.
(d) Daniel Webster.

3. White wrote in "Walden" that he had often gone a mile out of his way to avoid a place of what interest?
(a) Historical.
(b) No.
(c) Musical.
(d) Significant.

4. Who did White write had never been exposed to public schools in "Education"?
(a) His son.
(b) His brother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His father.

5. 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) A chest.
(b) An armoir.
(c) A bookshelf.
(d) A mirror.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first edition of One Man's Meat was published in what year?

2. When was "Salt Water Farm" written?

3. How much money had White calculated it cost him to maintain one turkey on his farm in "Security"?

4. Where had White taken a trip in "Walden"?

5. What did White write grew beyond in the pasture "amid juniper and granite and lambkill" in "Salt Water Farm"?

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