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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Children's Books, Progress and Change, Salt Water Farm, Sabbath Morn and Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. White wrote that the threat of what was "always in the pit of your stomach" in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Snow.
(b) Rain.
(c) Death.
(d) Fog.

2. Where did E. B. White move from to Maine?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) New York.

3. What did White say grew in the patch close to the farm in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Blackberries.
(c) Blueberries.
(d) Rhubarb.

4. What large and unattractive item did White write "came to be a sort of symbol of what I was trying to escape from" in "Removal"?
(a) A bookshelf.
(b) A chest.
(c) A mirror.
(d) An armoir.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of E. B. White's wife?

3. Where in Maine did E. B. White live while writing One Man's Meat?

4. 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?

5. How many children did E. B. White have?

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