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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Flocks We Watch by Night, Report, Fro-Joy, Farm Paper and Town Meeting.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What initial did White refer to his neighbor who had died in "A Week in April"?
(a) D.
(b) C.
(c) M.
(d) B.

2. How many White Plymouth Rock pullets did White have in the barn in "Report"?
(a) 12.
(b) 36.
(c) 4.
(d) 55.

3. When was "Report" written?
(a) November, 1939.
(b) February, 1940.
(c) December, 1939.
(d) March, 1940.

4. What did White claim was "painfully unimaginative in its attempt to perpetuate a faith that has been gutted by so many fires"?
(a) Science.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Art.
(d) Church.

5. How many dozen eggs, brown-shelled did White claim to have produced in the past year in "Report"?
(a) 149.
(b) 482.
(c) 905.
(d) 347.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week did White begin "A Week in April"?

2. On what highway did White write he was doing fifty on in "Walden"?

3. When was "Hot Weather" written?

4. When did World War I end?

5. How many pounds of mackerel had White caught in "Report"?

(see the answer key)

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