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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does White first notice the New Yorker magazine?
(a) The library.
(b) Grand Central Station.
(c) Central Park.
(d) A restaurant.

2. For which newspaper is White a campus reporter?
(a) Cornell Post.
(b) Cornell Daily Sun.
(c) Cornell Daily News.
(d) Cornell Times.

3. What does White state in the official "letter from the author" that a child receives when writing to him?
(a) That he always dreamed of writing to an author.
(b) That children should read more books.
(c) That children have always been fans of literature.
(d) That he never dreamed of writing to an author.

4. When does White submit the manuscript for Stuart Little to his agent?
(a) April, 1940.
(b) June, 1939.
(c) March, 1939.
(d) July, 1940.

5. How many years do White and Katharine spend in Greenwich Village?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his letter to fifth grade students, how many sheep does White say that he has?

2. What question does White tell Thurber he would like to ask President Roosevelt?

3. What does White write about in a tongue-in-cheek letter to Harold Ross in July, 1945?

4. Following the death of Katharine's father, where do the Whites vacation?

5. In a May, 1952 letter, how does White describe the goose on the cover of "Charlotte's Web"?

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