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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what grade was White's son in "Education"?
(a) Third.
(b) Fourth.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

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

3. To whom did White write an imaginary letter in "Walden"?
(a) Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) Eugene Gladstone O'Neill.

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

5. In "Walden," White wrote, "I have never knelt at the grave of a philosopher nor placed wreaths on" what?
(a) Sickly actors.
(b) Decayed philosophers.
(c) Dead presidents.
(d) Moldy poets.

6. 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 bookshelf.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A chest.
(d) An armoir.

7. What advertisement did White discuss in "A Boston Terrier"?
(a) Standard Oil.
(b) Camel cigarettes.
(c) Gordon's Gin.
(d) The World's Fair.

8. Who gave White a baby seagull in "Hot Weather"?
(a) Ms. Jameson.
(b) Mr. Dameron.
(c) Mrs. Dameron.
(d) Mr. Jameson.

9. How many White Plymouth Rock pullets did White have in the barn in "Report"?
(a) 36.
(b) 55.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

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

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

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

13. The speaker in "Camp Meeting" spoke about his financial plan for taking care of who in the United States?
(a) The poor.
(b) The disabled.
(c) The unemployed.
(d) The elderly.

14. What did White write was closely associated with evening and day's end in "Hot Weather"?
(a) Music.
(b) Sunsets.
(c) Wine.
(d) Food.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was "Hot Weather" written?

3. What did White write "is so closely associated with brisk affairs" in "Hot Weather"?

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

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

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