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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 does White buy for Katharine with the money from the published story, The Lady is Cold?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Candy.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A coat.

2. How many years do White and Katharine spend in Greenwich Village?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

3. What is the mood of White's January 8, 1938 letter to James Thurber?
(a) Inspired.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Excited.

4. What does White befriend while vacationing in a small shack?
(a) A spider.
(b) A grasshopper.
(c) A cricket.
(d) A ladybug.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does White write to Katharine about his separation from the New Yorker?

2. How much is White paid for his column, "One Man's Meat", for Harper's Magazine?

3. When does White submit the manuscript for Stuart Little to his agent?

4. How long does White tell his friend, Charles Muller, that he can stay away from the farm?

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

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