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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 wait for Alice during a missed opportunity to see her?
(a) A river.
(b) A classroom.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A tree.

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

3. What phrase does White use to describe the office he and James Thurber share?
(a) An exaggerated spare room.
(b) A sort of elongated closet.
(c) A magnified coatroom.
(d) A sort of expanded cubicle.

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

5. How does White describe himself as a child?
(a) Nervous and fretful.
(b) Neither nervous nor fretful.
(c) Nervous, but not fretful.
(d) Fretful, but not nervous.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does White travel to after disappearing from the New Yorker?

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

4. In a newsbreak report to Harold Ross, how long does it take White to locate the paste?

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

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