This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Getting Ready for a Cow, Bond Rally, A Week in November, Control and Cold Weather.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "A Week in November" was written in what year?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1940.

2. What magazine did White acknowledge he should read rather than The Rural New Yorker in "Farm Paper"?
(a) Popular Mechanics.
(b) John Deere Monthly.
(c) The New England Homestead.
(d) Mother Earth News.

3. White wrote that the sound of what music "right after breakfast gives the summer day a loose, footless feeling" in "Hot Weather"?
(a) Flute.
(b) Victrola.
(c) Harp.
(d) Tuba.

4. White wrote in "A Shepherd's Life" that his goose would lay her what egg today?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Sixth.
(c) First.
(d) Seventh.

5. Who wrote the book that was given to White in "The Practical Farmer"?
(a) H. A. Highstone.
(b) S. E. DeVille.
(c) J. A. Williams.
(d) T. C. Morrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Yiddish word did E. B. White use in "Removal" that means a person who jokes, chitchats, or makes wisecracks while others are trying to work or to discuss something seriously?

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

3. What did White write grew beyond in the pasture "amid juniper and granite and lambkill" in "Salt Water Farm"?

4. When was "Fall" written?

5. Who did White write had never been exposed to public schools in "Education"?

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