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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. White wrote that he was writing on the fourth day of what battle in "Compost"?
(a) The Battle of Normandy.
(b) The Battle of Germany.
(c) The Battle of Berlin.
(d) The Battle of France.

2. What did White write that people say in Maine when "you are holding a wedge for somebody to tap with a hammer"?
(a) "Bop it right."
(b) "Tap it in."
(c) "Slap 'er now."
(d) "Tunk it a little."

3. White wrote in "Sanitation," "The good world will be impossible to achieve until parents quit teaching their children about" what?
(a) Radicalism.
(b) Selfishness.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Materialism.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the weather like in the beginning of "On a Florida Key"?

2. What ride did White watch people waiting in line for at the fair in "Security"?

3. With whom did White share pastures for their sheep in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?

4. When was "Hot Weather" written?

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

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