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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many New Hampshire Red pullets did White have in the henhouse in "Report"?
(a) 68.
(b) 112.
(c) 93.
(d) 124.

2. When was "Sabbath Morn" written?
(a) February, 1939.
(b) September, 1939.
(c) July, 1940.
(d) August, 1941.

3. What did White write grew beyond in the pasture "amid juniper and granite and lambkill" in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Wild strawberries.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Asparagus.
(d) Juniper berries.

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

5. When was "Removal" written?
(a) July, 1938.
(b) June, 1939.
(c) August, 1938.
(d) July, 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week did White begin "A Week in April"?

2. Who was frantically pacing while White and his neighbor tried to corner the sheep in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?

3. In "Walden," White wrote, "We may all be ______ yet, whether we like it or not."

4. Where had White's son attended a "medium-priced private institution" in "Education"?

5. What initial did White refer to his neighbor who had died in "A Week in April"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What obstacle did White encounter in arranging his new office in "Incoming Basket"? What was his solution?

2. Who did White write a letter to in "Walden"? Why?

3. When did "Hot Weather" take place? What imagery did White exhibit in the essay?

4. What was White's transition to Maine like in the first articles of One Man's Meat? How is this reflected in his writing?

5. Describe the contradictions in E. B. White's nature as viewed through his writing.

6. When was "Report" written? What did this article entail?

7. What news did White discover in "Progress and Change"? What nostalgia did it bring up?

8. How vast was the farm White owned and described in "Salt Water Farm"?

9. What conflict did White face in "Clear Days"? How did he relate this to world events?

10. What was White's impression of the World's Fair in "World of Tomorrow"?

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