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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What magazine did White read to stay up to date on the cinema industry in "Movies"?
(a) Motion Picture magazine.
(b) Film Weekly.
(c) Entertainment Weekly.
(d) Movies Monthly.

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

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

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

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

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

8. When had White registered for the draft when he became eligible in "First World War"?
(a) January, 1919.
(b) September, 1918.
(c) February, 1919.
(d) August, 1918.

9. With whom did E. B. White sympathize in sharing hay fever in "The Summer Catarrh"?
(a) John Wilmore.
(b) Daniel Webster.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Alexander Payne.

10. In "Hot Weather," White wrote of beaches with bathhouses that smelled like what?
(a) Garbage cans.
(b) Unwashed feet.
(c) Dead fish.
(d) Sour towels.

11. What kind of closet did White write he was building in "Removal"?
(a) Fireproof.
(b) Moldproof.
(c) Mothproof.
(d) Mouseproof.

12. What book about a bee did White cite in "Children's Books"?
(a) Bumblebuzz.
(b) Mr. Bee.
(c) Bumble Bumble Buzz.
(d) James the Bee.

13. How many Toulouse geese did White have in "Report"?
(a) 8.
(b) 14.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

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

15. How many dozen eggs, brown-shelled did White claim to have produced in the past year in "Report"?
(a) 482.
(b) 149.
(c) 905.
(d) 347.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. White wrote that the sound of what music "right after breakfast gives the summer day a loose, footless feeling" in "Hot Weather"?

3. When was Charlotte's Web published?

4. What did White claim was "painfully unimaginative in its attempt to perpetuate a faith that has been gutted by so many fires"?

5. How much money had White calculated it cost him to maintain one turkey on his farm in "Security"?

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