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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 White while writing "The Trailer Park"?
(a) Florida.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Kentucky.

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

3. In the second edition of One Man's Meat, the book was expanded to include writings of E. B. White's for which magazine?
(a) Harper's Magazine.
(b) Collier's Magazine.
(c) Time Magazine.
(d) The New Yorker.

4. Who gave White the book on farming in "The Practical Farmer"?
(a) A preacher.
(b) His wife.
(c) His publishers.
(d) A salesman.

5. When was "Maine Speech" written?
(a) October, 1940.
(b) November, 1939.
(c) June, 1940.
(d) March, 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Intimations" was written three days after what historical event?

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

3. When had White registered for the draft when he became eligible in "First World War"?

4. The speaker in "Camp Meeting" spoke about his financial plan for taking care of who in the United States?

5. White wrote in "Children's Book's" that he'd shared his armchair with what book for the past 3 weeks?

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