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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Turtle Bay, 1950-1951.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Katharine and White communicate while at work?
(a) Interoffice memos.
(b) During office breaks.
(c) Messages delivered by other people.
(d) The office intercom.

2. What reminder does White make about the agreement with communism?
(a) It is not illegal.
(b) It is illegal.
(c) It should be ignored.
(d) It should be illegal.

3. What poet does White parody in a December, 1918 letter to his mother?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Robert Browning.

4. What event prompts White to write the director of the Bronx Zoo?
(a) A newborn tiger running around.
(b) An exotic bird's unique feeding habits.
(c) A newborn doe getting to its feet.
(d) A lion's exceptionally loud roar.

5. What concern does White have about additional editions of "Stuart Little"?
(a) That they will be unedited.
(b) That the foreign languages will be authentic.
(c) That they will have an alternate ending.
(d) That they will include an extra chapter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What activities is White's son enjoying at Cornell?

2. Where does White wait for Alice during a missed opportunity to see her?

3. How long does White tell his friend, Charles Muller, that he can stay away from the farm?

4. What is the mood of White's January 8, 1938 letter to James Thurber?

5. When does White submit the manuscript for Stuart Little to his agent?

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