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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. What does White first submit to the New Yorker?
(a) Long columns and short items.
(b) Short items and poetry.
(c) Short items, long columns, and poetry.
(d) Long columns and poetry.

2. How does White describe his time with the New Yorker?
(a) Illogical.
(b) Logical.
(c) Organized.
(d) Chaotic.

3. Which of the following is not included in the list of purchases White reports to his parents in a letter?
(a) Boots for five dollars and fifty cents.
(b) Bread for ten cents.
(c) Milk for twenty cents.
(d) A shirt for ninety cents.

4. What intrigued White about the girls in high school?
(a) The way they wore their hair.
(b) The makeup they wore.
(c) Their silk stockings.
(d) Their dresses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Katharine's father a successful businessman?

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

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

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

5. What does White buy for Katharine with the money from the published story, The Lady is Cold?

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