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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) Highway 61.
(b) Route 66.
(c) Route 62.
(d) Country Road H.

2. 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) Putz.
(b) Chutzpah.
(c) Kibitzer.
(d) Goy.

3. The campground White described in "Camp Meeting" was in a clump of woods near what?
(a) Oakland.
(b) Waterville.
(c) Bangor.
(d) East Machias.

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

5. How many pounds of mackerel had White caught in "Report"?
(a) 246.
(b) 150.
(c) 38.
(d) 542.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Walden," White wrote, "I have never knelt at the grave of a philosopher nor placed wreaths on" what?

3. What day did White go to the campground for the pièce de résistance in "Camp Meeting"?

4. What advertisement did White discuss in "A Boston Terrier"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What irony did White note about the dog in "A Boston Terrier"?

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

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

6. What foreshadowing can be seen in White's second section of articles in One Man's Meat?

7. What did White discover about his expenses on the farm in "Security"? What was he doing in the narrative?

8. What did White conclude about poets in "Poetry"?

9. What did White write about his feelings of religion in "Sabbath Morn"?

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

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