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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Flocks We Watch by Night, Report, Fro-Joy, Farm Paper and Town Meeting.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did White write grew beyond in the pasture "amid juniper and granite and lambkill" in "Salt Water Farm"?
(a) Juniper berries.
(b) Wild strawberries.
(c) Asparagus.
(d) Potatoes.

3. How many grade sheep did White report having in "Report"?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 27.

4. What did White claim was "painfully unimaginative in its attempt to perpetuate a faith that has been gutted by so many fires"?
(a) Art.
(b) Science.
(c) Church.
(d) Philosophy.

5. With whom did White share pastures for their sheep in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"?
(a) Edward.
(b) Charles.
(c) David.
(d) Benjamin.

Short Answer Questions

1. White wrote that the threat of what was "always in the pit of your stomach" in "Salt Water Farm"?

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

3. White wrote that the sound of what music "right after breakfast gives the summer day a loose, footless feeling" in "Hot Weather"?

4. What did White see hunting in a field as he drove his son to school in "Second World War"?

5. How many children's books did White say his wife received in the past season in "Children's Books"?

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