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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. On what highway did White write he was doing fifty on in "Walden"?
(a) Route 66.
(b) Route 62.
(c) Highway 61.
(d) Country Road H.

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

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

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

5. When did World War I end?
(a) January, 1919.
(b) December, 1918.
(c) November, 1918.
(d) March, 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Salt Water Farm" written?

2. What did White write was closely associated with evening and day's end in "Hot Weather"?

3. 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?

4. What ride did White watch people waiting in line for at the fair in "Security"?

5. When was "Walden" written?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What magazines did White discuss in the article "Farm Paper"?

3. When was "The Summer Catarrh" written? What did White write about his allergies in this essay?

4. What was the central conflict in "First World War"?

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

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

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

8. Why did Charles come over in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"? What did he and White do?

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

10. What had White and his wife gone in search of in "Fro-Joy"? What was White's conclusion?

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