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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The New Yorker—Early Days 1926-1928.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does White travel to after leaving Seattle in 1923?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Texas.
(c) Antarctica.
(d) Alaska.

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

3. What job does Katharine Angell, White's future wife, have with the New Yorker when he begins writing there?
(a) Features editor.
(b) Fiction editor.
(c) News editor.
(d) Poetry editor.

4. How many musical instruments did White learn to play?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

5. What type of background did White's mother have?
(a) English.
(b) Irish.
(c) Scottish.
(d) Italian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White first submit to the New Yorker?

2. Which of the following is not included in the list of purchases White reports to his parents in a letter?

3. Where were E.B. White's parents born?

4. What phrase does White use to describe the office he and James Thurber share?

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

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