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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. Who did White go to hear speak at the campground in "Camp Meeting"?
(a) Dr. Terrance F. Edwards.
(b) Dr. Edward. T. Fairchild.
(c) Dr. Franklin. T. Ellis.
(d) Dr. Francis E. Townsend.

2. How many pounds of mackerel had White caught in "Report"?
(a) 38.
(b) 150.
(c) 246.
(d) 542.

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

4. When was "Walden" written?
(a) September, 1940.
(b) June, 1939.
(c) August, 1941.
(d) April, 1939.

5. Where had White's son attended a "medium-priced private institution" in "Education"?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did White write "a hot-weather sign" in "Hot Weather"?

2. When was "Salt Water Farm" written?

3. Who did White accompany on a day of lobster fishing in "Second World War"?

4. White wrote in "Walden" that he had often gone a mile out of his way to avoid a place of what interest?

5. Where did E. B. White move from to Maine?

(see the answer key)

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