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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Once More to the Lake, Fall, Memorandum, Coon Hunt and Intimations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was E. B. White born?
(a) Mt. Vernon, New York.
(b) Queens, New York.
(c) Brooklyn, New York.
(d) Bangor, Maine.

2. To whom did White write an imaginary letter in "Walden"?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Eugene Gladstone O'Neill.

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

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

5. White admitted in "Freedom" that he was not anxious to do what?
(a) Attend a funeral.
(b) Work anymore.
(c) Change the world.
(d) To go to New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many grade sheep did White report having in "Report"?

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. What kind of closet did White write he was building in "Removal"?

4. What infirmity did the Boston terrier White had once owned have in "A Boston Terrier"?

5. How many deaths were in the town the last year in "Fall"?

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