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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Songbirds, Questionnaire, Aunt Poo, Book Learning and Morningtime and Eveningtime.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Charlotte's Web published?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1953.

2. What president did White refer to in "Lime"?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

3. What advertisement did White discuss in "A Boston Terrier"?
(a) Standard Oil.
(b) The World's Fair.
(c) Gordon's Gin.
(d) Camel cigarettes.

4. White wrote in "Motor Cars" that the "motor car is, more than any other object, the expression of the" what?
(a) Public's wealth.
(b) Nation's character.
(c) Diesel's passion.
(d) Ford's dream.

5. Three of the pieces in One Man's Meat were originally published in what magazine?
(a) New York Magazine.
(b) Literary Monthly.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Harper's Bazaar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were the walls painted in White's cottage in "On a Florida Key"?

2. When was "Removal" written?

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

4. What did White describe on the floor of his cottage in "On a Florida Key"?

5. White wrote in "Children's Book's" that he'd shared his armchair with what book for the past 3 weeks?

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