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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The New Yorker—Early Days 1926-1928.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What intrigued White about the girls in high school?
(a) Their silk stockings.
(b) The makeup they wore.
(c) The way they wore their hair.
(d) Their dresses.

3. What does White befriend while vacationing in a small shack?
(a) A ladybug.
(b) A spider.
(c) A cricket.
(d) A grasshopper.

4. How does White describe publicity to Alice while working at the American Legion News Service?
(a) New and overpaid.
(b) New and underpaid.
(c) Old and overpaid.
(d) Old and underpaid.

5. How does White describe himself as a child?
(a) Nervous, but not fretful.
(b) Fretful, but not nervous.
(c) Nervous and fretful.
(d) Neither nervous nor fretful.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a newsbreak report to Harold Ross, how long does it take White to locate the paste?

2. Which of the following is not included in the list of purchases White reports to his parents in a letter?

3. Which Kentucky newspaper publishes White's sonnet about a race's winning horse?

4. What poet does White parody in a December, 1918 letter to his mother?

5. Where does White first notice the New Yorker magazine?

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