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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. What is the title of Katharine's posthumous book?
(a) Upward in the Garden.
(b) Onward in the Garden.
(c) The Garden, Onward and Upward.
(d) Onward and Upward in the Garden.

2. Which one of the following is a concern that White has about the illustrations in "Charlotte's Web"?
(a) The lettering of the title.
(b) The color of the pig.
(c) The shade of the sky.
(d) The style of the spider.

3. With which faculty member(s) does White eventually write "The Elements of Style"?
(a) Bristow Adams and Martin Sampson.
(b) Martin Sampson.
(c) William Strunk.
(d) Bristow Adams and William Strunk.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does E.B. White pass away?

2. What reminder does White make about the agreement with communism?

3. In a letter to Howard Cushman, what request does White have about trumpeter swans?

4. Why is Katharine hospitalized in 1952?

5. Which newspaper does White write to in protest about their profile of New Yorker editor, William Shawn?

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