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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 basket did E. B. White decide was unnecessary on his Maine desk in "Incoming Basket"?
(a) Incoming.
(b) Partial.
(c) Out.
(d) Temporary.

2. When was "Removal" written?
(a) June, 1939.
(b) July, 1938.
(c) July, 1939.
(d) August, 1938.

3. What is the last of the animals White listed having in "Report"?
(a) A captive mouse.
(b) A ferret.
(c) A beaver.
(d) A hawk.

4. What magazine did White read to stay up to date on the cinema industry in "Movies"?
(a) Entertainment Weekly.
(b) Film Weekly.
(c) Motion Picture magazine.
(d) Movies Monthly.

5. "The Flocks We Watch by Night" begins on the "afternoon of the day after the first" what?
(a) Goose migration.
(b) Killing frost.
(c) Hail storm.
(d) Full moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. The campground White described in "Camp Meeting" was in a clump of woods near what?

2. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that the same autumn which saw the abandonment of the window crank and the adoption of the push button saw also the registration of how many young men of fighting age?

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

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

5. How many pounds of cod and haddock had White caught in "Report"?

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