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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. Which one of the following is not included in the list of people White says will read the pamphlet he worked on in Washington?
(a) Future soldiers.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Gas station workers.
(d) Manicurists.

2. 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.

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

4. After marrying a Wall Street broker, what example of alliteration did White's sister's name become?
(a) Lillian Illian.
(b) Marion Carion.
(c) Lillian Gillian.
(d) Marion Harion.

5. When does White submit the manuscript for Stuart Little to his agent?
(a) July, 1940.
(b) April, 1940.
(c) June, 1939.
(d) March, 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his January, 1942 letter to Katharine, how does White describe his meeting with the assembled team in Washington?

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

3. Declining an editor position for The Saturday Review, what does White label himself?

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

5. Following the death of Katharine's father, where do the Whites vacation?

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