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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did White claim was "painfully unimaginative in its attempt to perpetuate a faith that has been gutted by so many fires"?
(a) Church.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Science.
(d) Art.

2. Where had White taken a trip in "Walden"?
(a) Ottawa, Ontario.
(b) Hartford, Connecticut.
(c) Buffalo, New York.
(d) Concord, Massachusetts.

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

5. Who had a campground in the next county in "Camp Meeting"?
(a) The Jewish.
(b) The Catholics.
(c) The Omish.
(d) The Methodists.

6. What game sport did White describe in "Progress and Change"?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Croquet.
(c) Horseshoes.
(d) Badminton.

7. How many grade sheep did White report having in "Report"?
(a) 15.
(b) 27.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

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

9. The campground White described in "Camp Meeting" was in a clump of woods near what?
(a) Bangor.
(b) East Machias.
(c) Waterville.
(d) Oakland.

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

11. When was Charlotte's Web published?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1955.

12. 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?
(a) Chutzpah.
(b) Kibitzer.
(c) Goy.
(d) Putz.

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

14. What large and unattractive item did White write "came to be a sort of symbol of what I was trying to escape from" in "Removal"?
(a) A chest.
(b) An armoir.
(c) A bookshelf.
(d) A mirror.

15. On what highway did White write he was doing fifty on in "Walden"?
(a) Highway 61.
(b) Route 62.
(c) Route 66.
(d) Country Road H.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine did White read to stay up to date on the cinema industry in "Movies"?

2. Who gave White a baby seagull in "Hot Weather"?

3. In "Hot Weather," White wrote of beaches with bathhouses that smelled like what?

4. White wrote in "Walden" that he had often gone a mile out of his way to avoid a place of what interest?

5. When was "Removal" written?

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