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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective did White use to describe the schoolteacher's tasks in "Education"?
(a) Herculean.
(b) Simple.
(c) Augean.
(d) Pythagorean.

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

3. When was "Hot Weather" written?
(a) August, 1938.
(b) September, 1938.
(c) June, 1939.
(d) July, 1939.

4. Where did E. B. White move from to Maine?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) Maryland.
(d) New York.

5. What event had White visited in "The World of Tomorrow"?
(a) An auto race.
(b) A boxing match.
(c) The World's Fair.
(d) A movie premier.

6. In "Clear Days" what Disney film did White discuss?
(a) Sleeping Beauty.
(b) Bambi.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Fantasia.

7. How many pounds of cod and haddock had White caught in "Report"?
(a) 200.
(b) 74.
(c) 175.
(d) 234.

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

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

10. What train line in New York did White discover was being demolished in "Progress and Change"?
(a) The 14th Street El.
(b) The A Train.
(c) The G Train.
(d) Sixth Avenue El.

11. The ad in "A Boston Terrier" stated ""A dog's nervous system resembles" what?
(a) Our own.
(b) A monkey's.
(c) A bird's.
(d) A bear's.

12. How much money had White calculated it cost him to maintain one turkey on his farm in "Security"?
(a) $203.45.
(b) $424.23.
(c) $643.23.
(d) $402.85.

13. 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) Time Magazine.
(b) Collier's Magazine.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Harper's Magazine.

14. What did White see hunting in a field as he drove his son to school in "Second World War"?
(a) A cat.
(b) Three men.
(c) A fox.
(d) A pack of wolves.

15. When did World War I end?
(a) November, 1918.
(b) December, 1918.
(c) March, 1919.
(d) January, 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many dozen eggs, brown-shelled did White claim to have produced in the past year in "Report"?

2. On what highway did White write he was doing fifty on in "Walden"?

3. What book about a bee did White cite in "Children's Books"?

4. What is the last of the animals White listed having in "Report"?

5. In what grade was White's son in "Education"?

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