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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grew by the potatoes below the barn in "Salt Water Farm"?

2. What book about a bee did White cite in "Children's Books"?

3. What did White write grew beyond in the pasture "amid juniper and granite and lambkill" in "Salt Water Farm"?

4. What train line in New York did White discover was being demolished in "Progress and Change"?

5. How many pounds of mackerel had White caught in "Report"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What can be noted about White's personality in reading his articles? What character traits did he exhibit?

3. What did White criticize about modern films in "Movies"?

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

5. How did White describe the difference in duties for the country teacher in "Education"?

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

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

8. What did White describe doing in "Removal"? What was White's difficulty in this transition?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the events in September 1939 and their impact on E. B. White. How does White effectively juxtapose country life against the backdrop of war overseas?

Essay Topic 2

Describe E. B. White's move from the city to the country. Where was White born and where did he move from? What was his farm like in comparison to his city home?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Hitler's Mein Kampf and the state of World War II during 1940 and 1941. How is White's writing reflective of his emotional state about the war?

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