View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trumpet of the Swan, 1966-1970.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a series of illnesses, how many months of the year does Katharine arrange to work for the New Yorker?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Twelve months.
(d) Nine months.

2. How does White describe publicity to Alice while working at the American Legion News Service?
(a) Old and underpaid.
(b) Old and overpaid.
(c) New and underpaid.
(d) New and overpaid.

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

4. Who is Ursula Nordstrom?
(a) A former New Yorker coworker of White.
(b) A former Harper's coworker of White.
(c) The owner of Harper & Brothers.
(d) The editor at Harper & Brothers.

5. How many freedoms are included in the pamphlet that the Office of Facts and Figures hires White to work on in 1941?
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. In White's opinion, how different is the New Yorker in the 1950s?

2. Where does White travel to after leaving Seattle in 1923?

3. How long does White tell his friend, Charles Muller, that he can stay away from the farm?

4. What is the name of White's dog, mentioned in the letter to his stepson?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 270 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample