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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through One Man's Meat: 1937-1941.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does White tell Thurber he would like to ask President Roosevelt?
(a) "What's with the Laughter?"
(b) "What's So Funny?"
(c) "Where's the Humor?"
(d) "What's the Joke?"

2. What state did White and his family travel to in August?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Maine.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Connecticut.

3. What is the name of White and Katharine's Scottish terrier?
(a) Daisy.
(b) Joy.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Millie.

4. When is White's son, Joel, born?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1932.

5. Following the death of Katharine's father, where do the Whites vacation?
(a) Florida.
(b) Bahamas.
(c) California.
(d) Bermuda.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many musical instruments did White learn to play?

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

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

4. When does White marry Katharine Angell?

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

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