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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. What is the annual limitation income that White agrees to for tax purposes?
(a) Twenty thousand dollars.
(b) Seventy five hundred dollars.
(c) Ten thousand dollars.
(d) Eighty five hundred dollars.

2. Which one of the following is not a type of Hollywood tree that White includes in his letter to Stanley?
(a) Willow tree.
(b) Hollow tree.
(c) All-purpose tree.
(d) Rope ladder tree.

3. How much is White paid for his column, "One Man's Meat", for Harper's Magazine?
(a) Three hundred dollars per month.
(b) Three hundred dollars per week.
(c) Five hundred dollars per month.
(d) Five hundred dollars per week.

4. When is White's son, Joel, born?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1934.

5. In 1956, why is Katharine still at the New Yorker?
(a) Because of the income she is generating.
(b) Because she enjoys the work.
(c) Because of the death of Gus Lobrano.
(d) Because White is there.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which Supreme Court Justice does White reference in his letters during his time in Washington?

3. How does White describe publicity to Alice while working at the American Legion News Service?

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

5. How many children did White's parents have?

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