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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. White wrote in "Children's Book's" that he'd shared his armchair with what book for the past 3 weeks?
(a) The Cat from Chicago.
(b) Huckleberry Finn.
(c) Boyhood Adventures of Our Presidents.
(d) Bumblebuzz.

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

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

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

5. Where was E. B. White born?
(a) Bangor, Maine.
(b) Brooklyn, New York.
(c) Mt. Vernon, New York.
(d) Queens, New York.

6. 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.

7. When was "Report" written?
(a) February, 1940.
(b) December, 1939.
(c) November, 1939.
(d) March, 1940.

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

9. In "Walden," White wrote, "We may all be ______ yet, whether we like it or not."
(a) Transcendental.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Tremendous.
(d) Philosophers.

10. How many of White's sheep were dungy tails in "Report"?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

11. Why did White's neighbor come to get one of his ewes in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?
(a) She had a cough.
(b) Her leg was injured.
(c) Her mouth was bleeding.
(d) She just gave birth.

12. What movie did White cite in which Bette Davis plays a woman who relinquishes her wealth to move to the country to be with her physician husband in "Movies"?
(a) "Kid Galahad."
(b) "Juarez."
(c) "Dark Victory."
(d) "Jezebel."

13. What grew by the potatoes below the barn in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Mustard seed.
(b) Asparagus.
(c) Beets.
(d) Strawberries.

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

15. What did White see hunting in a field as he drove his son to school in "Second World War"?
(a) A cat.
(b) A fox.
(c) Three men.
(d) A pack of wolves.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Flocks We Watch by Night" begins on the "afternoon of the day after the first" what?

2. When was "The Flocks We Watch by Night" written?

3. When did World War I end?

4. When was Charlotte's Web published?

5. When was "Walden" written?

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