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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of E. B. White's wife?
(a) Katharine.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Christina.

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

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

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

5. When was "Second World War" written?
(a) September, 1939.
(b) December, 1939.
(c) August, 1938.
(d) October, 1939.

6. What did White write "is so closely associated with brisk affairs" in "Hot Weather"?
(a) Morning.
(b) Summertime.
(c) July.
(d) Lunchtime.

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

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

9. 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 chest.
(c) An armoir.
(d) A mirror.

10. What Yiddish word did E. B. White use in "Removal" that means a person who jokes, chitchats, or makes wisecracks while others are trying to work or to discuss something seriously?
(a) Chutzpah.
(b) Kibitzer.
(c) Goy.
(d) Putz.

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

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

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

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

15. White wrote that the sound of what music "right after breakfast gives the summer day a loose, footless feeling" in "Hot Weather"?
(a) Harp.
(b) Victrola.
(c) Tuba.
(d) Flute.

Short Answer Questions

1. White wrote in "Children's Book's" that he'd shared his armchair with what book for the past 3 weeks?

2. White wrote that the threat of what was "always in the pit of your stomach" in "Salt Water Farm"?

3. What kind of dog was Fred?

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

5. What did White write his friend had around his land in "Poetry"?

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