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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. 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) A shirt for ninety cents.
(c) Boots for five dollars and fifty cents.
(d) Bread for ten cents.

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

3. Where does White travel to after disappearing from the New Yorker?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Maine.

4. What job does White have while living with his parents in New York?
(a) Painting.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Sales.
(d) Advertising.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was White's favorite sibling?

3. For which newspaper is White a campus reporter?

4. Where does White first notice the New Yorker magazine?

5. What is on the cover of the first New Yorker magazine that White sees?

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