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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where in Maine did E. B. White live while writing One Man's Meat?
(a) Millinocket.
(b) North Brooklin.
(c) Bangor.
(d) Portland.

4. 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) 14th Street.
(d) 2nd Avenue.

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

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

7. White wrote of driving past a woman in her yard using what in "Walden"?
(a) A shovel.
(b) A fishing rod.
(c) A lawnmower.
(d) A shotgun.

8. When was Charlotte's Web published?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1955.

9. 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.

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

11. What day did White go to the campground for the pièce de résistance in "Camp Meeting"?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

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

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

14. How many children's books did White say his wife received in the past season in "Children's Books"?
(a) 300.
(b) 100.
(c) 200.
(d) 140.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what highway did White write he was doing fifty on in "Walden"?

2. Who did White accompany on a day of lobster fishing in "Second World War"?

3. How many pounds of cod and haddock had White caught in "Report"?

4. Who did White write had never been exposed to public schools in "Education"?

5. What did White say grew in the patch close to the farm in "Salt Water Farm"?

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