This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Getting Ready for a Cow, Bond Rally, A Week in November, Control and Cold Weather.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much ground limestone did White receive from the government in "Lime"?
(a) 4,500 pounds.
(b) 1,200 pounds.
(c) 3 tons.
(d) 1 ton.

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

4. What did White describe on the floor of his cottage in "On a Florida Key"?
(a) A straw mat.
(b) An alligator.
(c) Sand.
(d) A palm frond.

5. Who did White accompany on a day of lobster fishing in "Second World War"?
(a) Mr. Dameron.
(b) First Mate William Rodgers.
(c) Mr. Diaz.
(d) Captain Donaldson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie did White cite in which Bette Davis plays a woman who relinquishes her wealth to move to the country to be with her physician husband in "Movies"?

2. How much did membership cost White to join the society in "Compost"?

3. Where had White's son attended a "medium-priced private institution" in "Education"?

4. White wrote that he was working on a picture from what book in "A Winter Diary"?

5. "Aunt Poo" referred to whose aunt?

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