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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The War Years: 1942-1945.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what musical instrument did White's father specialize?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Drums.
(c) Piano.
(d) Violin.

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

3. When does White marry Katharine Angell?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1929.

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

5. What job does Katharine Angell, White's future wife, have with the New Yorker when he begins writing there?
(a) Poetry editor.
(b) Fiction editor.
(c) Features editor.
(d) News editor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following is not a type of Hollywood tree that White includes in his letter to Stanley?

2. Where does White wait for Alice during a missed opportunity to see her?

3. What possible excuse does White provide for the New Yorker's ignorance in his humorous letter of outrage in 1945?

4. What is on the cover of the first New Yorker magazine that White sees?

5. What type of background did White's mother have?

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