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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did White say grew in the patch close to the farm in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Blueberries.
(b) Rhubarb.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Blackberries.

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

4. In what grade was White's son in "Education"?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Second.
(c) First.
(d) Third.

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

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

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

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

9. What is the last of the animals White listed having in "Report"?
(a) A hawk.
(b) A captive mouse.
(c) A ferret.
(d) A beaver.

10. What train line in New York did White discover was being demolished in "Progress and Change"?
(a) The G Train.
(b) The A Train.
(c) Sixth Avenue El.
(d) The 14th Street El.

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

12. In "Clear Days" what Disney film did White discuss?
(a) Sleeping Beauty.
(b) Fantasia.
(c) Bambi.
(d) Cinderella.

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

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

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. Where in Maine did E. B. White live while writing One Man's Meat?

2. How many Toulouse geese did White have in "Report"?

3. Why did White's neighbor come to get one of his ewes in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?

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

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

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