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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 "The Flocks We Watch by Night" written?
(a) June, 1940.
(b) March, 1938.
(c) November, 1939.
(d) October, 1938.

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

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

4. In what grade was White's son in "Education"?
(a) Third.
(b) First.
(c) Second.
(d) Fourth.

5. What basket did E. B. White decide was unnecessary on his Maine desk in "Incoming Basket"?
(a) Partial.
(b) Out.
(c) Incoming.
(d) Temporary.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

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

4. How many grade sheep did White report having in "Report"?

5. In the second edition of One Man's Meat, the book was expanded to include writings of E. B. White's for which magazine?

(see the answer key)

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