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

2. What year(s) does White write letters about Katharine's miscarriage and his mother's passing?
(a) He writes about them both in 1935.
(b) 1935 and 1936.
(c) He writes about them both in 1936.
(d) 1934 and 1935.

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

4. What does White write about in a tongue-in-cheek letter to Harold Ross in July, 1945?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) Parrots.
(d) Pigeons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of White and Katharine's Scottish terrier?

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

3. What idea does White speak against while in Washington?

4. When is White's son, Joel, born?

5. What does White suggest the Department of Corrections at the New Yorker should be changed to in 1935?

(see the answer key)

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