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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. Who did White accompany on a day of lobster fishing in "Second World War"?
(a) Captain Donaldson.
(b) Mr. Diaz.
(c) Mr. Dameron.
(d) First Mate William Rodgers.

2. How many children's books did White say his wife received in the past season in "Children's Books"?
(a) 200.
(b) 300.
(c) 100.
(d) 140.

3. Where had White taken a trip in "Walden"?
(a) Concord, Massachusetts.
(b) Buffalo, New York.
(c) Hartford, Connecticut.
(d) Ottawa, Ontario.

4. 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) Kibitzer.
(b) Chutzpah.
(c) Putz.
(d) Goy.

5. What day did White go to the campground for the pièce de résistance in "Camp Meeting"?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Thursday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week did White begin "A Week in April"?

2. What was White building in "A Winter Diary"?

3. What game sport did White describe in "Progress and Change"?

4. What did White describe on the floor of his cottage in "On a Florida Key"?

5. In "Maine Speech," White wrote that the dialect in Maine "is as different from the tongue spoken in New York as Dutch is from" what?

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