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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. How many children did White's parents have?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Nine.

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

3. What type of background did White's mother have?
(a) Italian.
(b) Irish.
(c) English.
(d) Scottish.

4. What section of the American freedoms pamphlet is White originally hired to write, before being asked to rewrite the entire document?
(a) The section on the Right to Bear Arms.
(b) The section on Freedom of Speech.
(c) The section on Freedom of the Press.
(d) The section on the Pursuit of Happiness.

5. What phrase does White use to describe the office he and James Thurber share?
(a) A magnified coatroom.
(b) A sort of elongated closet.
(c) An exaggerated spare room.
(d) A sort of expanded cubicle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much are White and Cushman offered by the Buffalo Times for their daily column?

3. Which movie character does White write to his brother, Stanley, about in 1937?

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

5. What job does White have while living with his parents in New York?

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