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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. White wrote that the threat of what was "always in the pit of your stomach" in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Snow.
(b) Fog.
(c) Death.
(d) Rain.

2. How many grade sheep did White report having in "Report"?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 27.
(d) 13.

3. What grew by the potatoes below the barn in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Asparagus.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Beets.
(d) Mustard seed.

4. What did White write his friend had around his land in "Poetry"?
(a) Rocks.
(b) A white picket fence.
(c) An electric fence.
(d) Men with guns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What train line in New York did White discover was being demolished in "Progress and Change"?

2. Three of the pieces in One Man's Meat were originally published in what magazine?

3. When did World War I end?

4. What initial did White refer to his neighbor who had died in "A Week in April"?

5. What was the name of E. B. White's wife?

(see the answer key)

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