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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hot Weather, Camp Meeting, Second World War, First World War and Poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game sport did White describe in "Progress and Change"?
(a) Horseshoes.
(b) Croquet.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Badminton.

2. What did White write "a hot-weather sign" in "Hot Weather"?
(a) The exclamation point.
(b) The asterick.
(c) The question mark.
(d) The comma.

3. When was Charlotte's Web published?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1952.

4. Where was E. B. White born?
(a) Brooklyn, New York.
(b) Bangor, Maine.
(c) Queens, New York.
(d) Mt. Vernon, New York.

5. White wrote of driving past a woman in her yard using what in "Walden"?
(a) A shovel.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) A lawnmower.
(d) A fishing rod.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. What event had White visited in "The World of Tomorrow"?

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

5. How many children did E. B. White have?

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