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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. Where did E. B. White move from to Maine?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New York.

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

3. On what highway did White write he was doing fifty on in "Walden"?
(a) Route 62.
(b) Route 66.
(c) Highway 61.
(d) Country Road H.

4. What basket did E. B. White decide was unnecessary on his Maine desk in "Incoming Basket"?
(a) Temporary.
(b) Out.
(c) Partial.
(d) Incoming.

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) A bookshelf.
(c) An armoir.
(d) A mirror.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did White write "is so closely associated with brisk affairs" in "Hot Weather"?

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

3. What did White write his friend had around his land in "Poetry"?

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

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

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