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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters from the East, 1960-1965.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many proposals does White have to make a movie of "Charlotte's Web"?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) A few.
(c) None.
(d) Several.

2. How long after the wedding do White and Katharine return to their jobs?
(a) Two weeks later.
(b) The next week.
(c) The next day.
(d) Two days later.

3. Where does Katharine travel to in order to get her divorce before marrying White?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Reno.
(c) Houston.
(d) Chicago.

4. In which hospital is White staying when he writes to his friend, Jim Wright?
(a) St. Barnabas Hospital.
(b) St. Vincent's Hospital.
(c) St. Luke's Hospital.
(d) St. Mary's Hospital.

5. Which newspaper does White write to in protest about their profile of New Yorker editor, William Shawn?
(a) New York Sun Times.
(b) New York Daily News.
(c) New York Times.
(d) New York Herald Tribune.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concern does White have about additional editions of "Stuart Little"?

2. What event prompts White to write the director of the Bronx Zoo?

3. When does White learn about the death of James Thurber?

4. What are the sales of White's book, Stuart Little, in 1946?

5. How do Katharine and White communicate while at work?

(see the answer key)

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