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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. When was "The Flocks We Watch by Night" written?
(a) November, 1939.
(b) March, 1938.
(c) June, 1940.
(d) October, 1938.

2. Who was frantically pacing while White and his neighbor tried to corner the sheep in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?
(a) John.
(b) Steven.
(c) Morris.
(d) Fred.

3. Where did White have lunch on Tuesday in "A Winter Diary," describing it as "booths and pine paneling and a voice singing 'I can bear the bells of Monterey"?
(a) The taproom.
(b) At a neighbors house.
(c) In a barn.
(d) At home.

4. Where in Maine did E. B. White live while writing One Man's Meat?
(a) North Brooklin.
(b) Millinocket.
(c) Portland.
(d) Bangor.

5. In what village did White and his family seek shelter at in "A Winter Diary"?
(a) Japan.
(b) Tibet.
(c) China.
(d) Malaysia.

Short Answer Questions

1. White claimed to be fascinated by the anatomy of what in "Motor Cars"?

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

3. How many White Plymouth Rock pullets did White have in the barn in "Report"?

4. White wrote that he was working on a picture from what book in "A Winter Diary"?

5. What did E. B. White claim there was a lot of in him, which were not joiners in "Compost"?

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