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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Lee of the Barn, 1971-1976.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ursula Nordstrom?
(a) The editor at Harper & Brothers.
(b) The owner of Harper & Brothers.
(c) A former Harper's coworker of White.
(d) A former New Yorker coworker of White.

2. What is the subject of the article that White's granddaughter, Martha, writes?
(a) Exercising.
(b) Jogging.
(c) Writing.
(d) Fishing.

3. How does White describe Adolph Ochs, publisher of the New York Times?
(a) Interesting, but not interested.
(b) Interested, but not interesting.
(c) Both interested and interesting.
(d) Neither interesting nor interested.

4. Which of the following is not included in the list of purchases White reports to his parents in a letter?
(a) Milk for twenty cents.
(b) Bread for ten cents.
(c) Boots for five dollars and fifty cents.
(d) A shirt for ninety cents.

5. When does a new printing for "Charlotte's Web" begin?
(a) After 75,000 copies are sold.
(b) After 100,000 copies are sold.
(c) After 50,000 copies are sold.
(d) After 25,000 copies are sold.

Short Answer Questions

1. For which newspaper is White a campus reporter?

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

3. How many proposals does White have to make a movie of "Charlotte's Web"?

4. What type of background did White's mother have?

5. In a memo to Harold Ross, how many inches does White say that the height of taxi cab doors are?

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