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

2. To whom did White write an imaginary letter in "Walden"?
(a) Eugene Gladstone O'Neill.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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

4. When was "Hot Weather" written?
(a) September, 1938.
(b) July, 1939.
(c) June, 1939.
(d) August, 1938.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the junk shop that E. B. White went to get rid of a piece of furniture in "Removal"?

2. What kind of dog was Fred?

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

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

5. What Yiddish word did E. B. White use in "Removal" that means a person who jokes, chitchats, or makes wisecracks while others are trying to work or to discuss something seriously?

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