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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Will Strunk's Little Book, 1955-1959.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does White give his agent for putting the book, Charlotte's Web, aside for a while?
(a) To allow it to ripen.
(b) To allow it to seem familiar.
(c) To allow it to breathe.
(d) To allow it to seem new.

2. When does White marry Katharine Angell?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1928.

3. What state did White and his family travel to in August?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Maine.

4. In which hospital is White staying when he writes to his friend, Jim Wright?
(a) St. Mary's Hospital.
(b) St. Barnabas Hospital.
(c) St. Luke's Hospital.
(d) St. Vincent's Hospital.

5. What is the annual limitation income that White agrees to for tax purposes?
(a) Twenty thousand dollars.
(b) Seventy five hundred dollars.
(c) Eighty five hundred dollars.
(d) Ten thousand dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concern does White have about additional editions of "Stuart Little"?

2. What was White's grandfather well known for?

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

4. Where is the Whites' farm located?

5. What town's fifth grade students receive a letter from White, answering their questions about "Charlotte's Web"?

(see the answer key)

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