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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did E. B. White sympathize in sharing hay fever in "The Summer Catarrh"?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Daniel Webster.
(c) Alexander Payne.
(d) John Wilmore.

2. The campground White described in "Camp Meeting" was in a clump of woods near what?
(a) Bangor.
(b) Waterville.
(c) East Machias.
(d) Oakland.

3. What did White write his friend had around his land in "Poetry"?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Men with guns.
(c) An electric fence.
(d) A white picket fence.

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

5. What did White write was closely associated with evening and day's end in "Hot Weather"?
(a) Sunsets.
(b) Music.
(c) Food.
(d) Wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many New Hampshire Red pullets did White have in the henhouse in "Report"?

2. In what grade was White's son in "Education"?

3. When was "Removal" written?

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

5. What game sport did White describe in "Progress and Change"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What obstacle did White encounter in arranging his new office in "Incoming Basket"? What was his solution?

2. Describe White's use of imagery and other literary mechanisms. How did White provide humor in his articles?

3. What foreshadowing can be seen in White's second section of articles in One Man's Meat?

4. When did "Hot Weather" take place? What imagery did White exhibit in the essay?

5. Why did Charles come over in "The Flocks We Watch by Night"? What did he and White do?

6. What had White and his wife gone in search of in "Fro-Joy"? What was White's conclusion?

7. What did White conclude about poets in "Poetry"?

8. Why was White inundated with children's books in "Children's Books"? What books did he mention?

9. What was White's impression of the World's Fair in "World of Tomorrow"?

10. What can be noted about White's personality in reading his articles? What character traits did he exhibit?

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