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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 kind of dog was Fred?
(a) Great Dane.
(b) Dachshund.
(c) Rottweiler.
(d) German Shepherd.

2. When was "Salt Water Farm" written?
(a) January, 1939.
(b) September, 1939.
(c) July, 1939.
(d) August, 1940.

3. What ride did White watch people waiting in line for at the fair in "Security"?
(a) The roller coaster.
(b) The hay ride.
(c) The Ferris wheel.
(d) The twister.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The campground White described in "Camp Meeting" was in a clump of woods near what?

4. When was "Sabbath Morn" written?

5. White wrote that the sound of what music "right after breakfast gives the summer day a loose, footless feeling" in "Hot Weather"?

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