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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Winter Diary, On a Florida Key, The Trailer Park, Spring and My Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book did White receive in the story "Dog Training"?
(a) Teach that Mutt.
(b) A Puppy's Education.
(c) Dog Training Made Easy.
(d) Hounds of Glory.

2. What train line in New York did White discover was being demolished in "Progress and Change"?
(a) Sixth Avenue El.
(b) The A Train.
(c) The G Train.
(d) The 14th Street El.

3. 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?
(a) Putz.
(b) Goy.
(c) Kibitzer.
(d) Chutzpah.

4. When was "The Trailer Park" written?
(a) March, 1941.
(b) June, 1941.
(c) December, 1940.
(d) February, 1941.

5. What magazine did White acknowledge he should read rather than The Rural New Yorker in "Farm Paper"?
(a) Popular Mechanics.
(b) The New England Homestead.
(c) Mother Earth News.
(d) John Deere Monthly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second edition of One Man's Meat, the book was expanded to include writings of E. B. White's for which magazine?

2. In "Clear Days" what Disney film did White discuss?

3. In "Walden," White wrote, "We may all be ______ yet, whether we like it or not."

4. "My Day" was written when?

5. Who did White write had never been exposed to public schools in "Education"?

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