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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 much are White and Cushman offered by the Buffalo Times for their daily column?
(a) Two dollars each.
(b) One dollar each.
(c) Three dollars each.
(d) Four dollars each.

2. When do the Whites rent a cottage on the coast of Maine?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1931.

3. How much is White paid for his column, "One Man's Meat", for Harper's Magazine?
(a) Five hundred dollars per month.
(b) Three hundred dollars per month.
(c) Five hundred dollars per week.
(d) Three hundred dollars per week.

4. How does White describe his time with the New Yorker?
(a) Logical.
(b) Illogical.
(c) Organized.
(d) Chaotic.

5. How many children does Katharine have when she and White are married?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What intrigued White about the girls in high school?

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

4. In what musical instrument did White's father specialize?

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

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