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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where had White's son attended a "medium-priced private institution" in "Education"?
(a) New York.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New Jersey.

3. 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.

4. In "Fro-Joy," White and his wife set out to find a neighbor willing to lend what?
(a) A hammer and nail.
(b) A horse and sleigh.
(c) A gun and bullets.
(d) A hope and a prayer.

5. Three of the pieces in One Man's Meat were originally published in what magazine?
(a) New York Magazine.
(b) Literary Monthly.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Harper's Bazaar.

6. What was the name of E. B. White's wife?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Katharine.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Christina.

7. What did White write grew beyond in the pasture "amid juniper and granite and lambkill" in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Juniper berries.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Asparagus.
(d) Wild strawberries.

8. How many of White's sheep were dungy tails in "Report"?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 0.

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

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

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

12. In what year was E. B. White's Forward to One Man's Meat written?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1944.

13. What kind of dog was Fred?
(a) Rottweiler.
(b) Great Dane.
(c) Dachshund.
(d) German Shepherd.

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

15. When was "Walden" written?
(a) April, 1939.
(b) September, 1940.
(c) August, 1941.
(d) June, 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie did White cite in which Bette Davis plays a woman who relinquishes her wealth to move to the country to be with her physician husband in "Movies"?

2. Where in Maine did E. B. White live while writing One Man's Meat?

3. 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?

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

5. In the second edition of One Man's Meat, the book was expanded to include writings of E. B. White's for which magazine?

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