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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. In what year was E. B. White's Forward to One Man's Meat written?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1945.

2. What did White write made the dogs uneasy in the beginning of "A Week in April"?
(a) The thunder.
(b) The rain.
(c) A full moon.
(d) The fog.

3. When was "Sabbath Morn" written?
(a) September, 1939.
(b) August, 1941.
(c) February, 1939.
(d) July, 1940.

4. In "Hot Weather," White wrote of beaches with bathhouses that smelled like what?
(a) Dead fish.
(b) Unwashed feet.
(c) Sour towels.
(d) Garbage cans.

5. In the end of "The Flocks We Watch by Night" White and his neighbor ended up at the neighbor's house doing what?
(a) Sheering sheep.
(b) Smoking cigarettes.
(c) Drinking beer.
(d) Mending fences.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did White share pastures for their sheep in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?

2. Where in Maine did E. B. White live while writing One Man's Meat?

3. In "Fro-Joy," White and his wife set out to find a neighbor willing to lend what?

4. How many grade sheep did White report having in "Report"?

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

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