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

2. What does White suggest the Department of Corrections at the New Yorker should be changed to in 1935?
(a) "Corrected We Stand".
(b) "We Stand Corrected".
(c) "Our Standing Corrections".
(d) "All Standing Corrections".

3. What car do White and Howard Cushman use to travel around the country?
(a) Model T Roadster.
(b) Studebaker.
(c) Oldsmobile.
(d) Mercer Raceabout.

4. What job does White have while living with his parents in New York?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Advertising.
(c) Painting.
(d) Sales.

5. Which movie character does White write to his brother, Stanley, about in 1937?
(a) Ziegfeld.
(b) Captain Courageous.
(c) Dick Tracy.
(d) Tarzan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does White describe Adolph Ochs, publisher of the New York Times?

3. Writing under a nom de plume, what does White express concern over?

4. Which one of the following is not included in the description White gives of his wedding?

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

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