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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Most Beautiful Decision, 1929-1930.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much are White and Cushman offered by the Buffalo Times for their daily column?
(a) Three dollars each.
(b) Four dollars each.
(c) Two dollars each.
(d) One dollar each.

2. Where has White's brother, Stanley, moved to in order to work as a landscape architect?
(a) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) Florida.
(d) Nevada.

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

4. Where do a majority of White's columns appear in the Seattle Times?
(a) The last page.
(b) The leisure section.
(c) The classified section.
(d) The front page.

5. Where does White first notice the New Yorker magazine?
(a) Central Park.
(b) The library.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) Grand Central Station.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For which newspaper is White a campus reporter?

3. What is the name of White and Katharine's Scottish terrier?

4. What does White befriend while vacationing in a small shack?

5. What job does Katharine Angell, White's future wife, have with the New Yorker when he begins writing there?

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