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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through E.B. White, a Biography, 1982-1985.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What production company eventually acquires the project of making the "Charlotte's Web" movie?
(a) Ruby Spears.
(b) Walt Disney.
(c) Hanna Barbera.
(d) Warner Bros.

3. How many major surgeries does Katharine have between 1966 and 1970?
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Eleven.

4. What year(s) does White write letters about Katharine's miscarriage and his mother's passing?
(a) He writes about them both in 1935.
(b) 1934 and 1935.
(c) He writes about them both in 1936.
(d) 1935 and 1936.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were E.B. White's parents born?

2. Which John Steinbeck book was the result of an assignment for Holiday magazine that White could not complete?

3. Declining an editor position for The Saturday Review, what does White label himself?

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

5. What job does Katharine Angell, White's future wife, have with the New Yorker when he begins writing there?

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