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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did White write had never been exposed to public schools in "Education"?
(a) His wife.
(b) His son.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

2. What infirmity did the Boston terrier White had once owned have in "A Boston Terrier"?
(a) Deaf in one ear.
(b) Missing one leg.
(c) Blind in one eye.
(d) No bladder control.

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

4. When was "Salt Water Farm" written?
(a) July, 1939.
(b) September, 1939.
(c) January, 1939.
(d) August, 1940.

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

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

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

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

9. With whom did White share pastures for their sheep in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) David.
(c) Edward.
(d) Charles.

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

11. Why did White's neighbor come to get one of his ewes in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?
(a) Her leg was injured.
(b) Her mouth was bleeding.
(c) She just gave birth.
(d) She had a cough.

12. What initial did White refer to his neighbor who had died in "A Week in April"?
(a) M.
(b) D.
(c) B.
(d) C.

13. In the end of "The Flocks We Watch by Night" White and his neighbor ended up at the neighbor's house doing what?
(a) Drinking beer.
(b) Smoking cigarettes.
(c) Sheering sheep.
(d) Mending fences.

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

15. The first edition of One Man's Meat was published in what year?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1940.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of closet did White write he was building in "Removal"?

3. What basket did E. B. White decide was unnecessary on his Maine desk in "Incoming Basket"?

4. What did White write "a hot-weather sign" in "Hot Weather"?

5. How many pounds of mackerel had White caught in "Report"?

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