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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. Where has White's brother, Stanley, moved to in order to work as a landscape architect?
(a) Nevada.
(b) Texas.
(c) California.
(d) Florida.

2. What does White first submit to the New Yorker?
(a) Long columns and short items.
(b) Short items, long columns, and poetry.
(c) Short items and poetry.
(d) Long columns and poetry.

3. What is on the cover of the first New Yorker magazine that White sees?
(a) Dancers.
(b) The New York City skyline.
(c) Eustace Tilley.
(d) A queen.

4. At what age did White begin to develop his writing style?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

5. What was White's grandfather well known for?
(a) Writing.
(b) Portrait painting.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does White describe Adolph Ochs, publisher of the New York Times?

4. What does White suggest the Department of Corrections at the New Yorker should be changed to in 1935?

5. According to a 1931 letter to Katharine, how much does White pay for a pair of sandals at Sears Roebuck?

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