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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What basket did E. B. White decide was unnecessary on his Maine desk in "Incoming Basket"?
(a) Incoming.
(b) Out.
(c) Temporary.
(d) Partial.

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

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

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

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

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

12. How many children did E. B. White have?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

13. Where was the junk shop that E. B. White went to get rid of a piece of furniture in "Removal"?
(a) 3rd Avenue.
(b) 5th Avenue.
(c) 2nd Avenue.
(d) 14th Street.

14. What day of the week did White begin "A Week in April"?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Sunday.

15. Who was frantically pacing while White and his neighbor tried to corner the sheep in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?
(a) Steven.
(b) John.
(c) Fred.
(d) Morris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective did White use to describe the schoolteacher's tasks in "Education"?

2. When was "Removal" written?

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

4. What infirmity did the Boston terrier White had once owned have in "A Boston Terrier"?

5. What advertisement did White discuss in "A Boston Terrier"?

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