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

2. In his letter to fifth grade students, how many sheep does White say that he has?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

3. Where do a majority of White's columns appear in the Seattle Times?
(a) The last page.
(b) The front page.
(c) The leisure section.
(d) The classified section.

4. Declining an editor position for The Saturday Review, what does White label himself?
(a) A careful author.
(b) A literary aficionado.
(c) A literary defective.
(d) A selective author.

5. What year does White create the cartoon featuring a caption that references the "most beautiful decision" of his life?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1928.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does White respond to a letter by Cathy Durham?

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

4. What section of the American freedoms pamphlet is White originally hired to write, before being asked to rewrite the entire document?

5. How much are White and Cushman offered by the Buffalo Times for their daily column?

(see the answer key)

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