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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 16 East 8th Street: 1931-1936.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year(s) does White write letters about Katharine's miscarriage and his mother's passing?
(a) 1935 and 1936.
(b) He writes about them both in 1936.
(c) He writes about them both in 1935.
(d) 1934 and 1935.

2. Where does White travel to after leaving Seattle in 1923?
(a) Texas.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Antarctica.
(d) Oklahoma.

3. Which Kentucky newspaper publishes White's sonnet about a race's winning horse?
(a) The Lexington Sun.
(b) The Louisville Herald.
(c) The Lexington Gazette.
(d) The Louisville Times.

4. How many musical instruments did White learn to play?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

5. Where do a majority of White's columns appear in the Seattle Times?
(a) The last page.
(b) The classified section.
(c) The leisure section.
(d) The front page.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does White describe his time with the New Yorker?

2. When do the Whites rent a cottage on the coast of Maine?

3. When is White's son, Joel, born?

4. Which one of the following is not a writer that White works with at the New Yorker?

5. Where were E.B. White's parents born?

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