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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does White write a letter to his stepson, Roger, and his wife, Carol?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1967.

3. What book does White negotiate the movie rights for between 1966 and 1970?
(a) "Here is New York".
(b) "The Trumpet of the Swan".
(c) "Stuart Little".
(d) "Charlotte's Web".

4. According to his letter, what stays in White's pond for several days?
(a) A frog.
(b) A muskrat.
(c) A swan.
(d) A squirrel.

5. How many letters of condolence does White receive after Katharine's passing?
(a) Four hundred.
(b) Over five hundred.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Two hundred.

6. What version of White's remembrance of Strunk is used in the final copy of "The Elements of Style"?
(a) An expanded and revised version.
(b) The same version with notes included at the end of the text.
(c) An edited and shortened version.
(d) The same version.

7. In a letter to Howard Cushman, what request does White have about trumpeter swans?
(a) Only information.
(b) Photos and information.
(c) Only photos.
(d) Neither photos nor information.

8. Who first sends White a copy of Strunk's textbook about English usage and style?
(a) A friend from Cornell.
(b) Strunk.
(c) The editors of the book.
(d) A relative.

9. In a response to a student's letter, what does White say is the best way to learn about a writer?
(a) To read his words.
(b) To talk to people he knows.
(c) To study his life.
(d) To talk to him.

10. When does a new printing for "Charlotte's Web" begin?
(a) After 50,000 copies are sold.
(b) After 75,000 copies are sold.
(c) After 100,000 copies are sold.
(d) After 25,000 copies are sold.

11. Which publishing company contacts White about using his text for Strunk's book?
(a) Random House.
(b) Harper Collins.
(c) Simon & Schuster.
(d) Macmillan Co.

12. Which nuclear physicist does White exchange letters with about nuclear disarmament?
(a) Charles Hard Townes.
(b) Edward Teller.
(c) Donald Arthur Glaser.
(d) William Bradford Shockley.

13. Which newspaper does White write to in protest about their profile of New Yorker editor, William Shawn?
(a) New York Daily News.
(b) New York Sun Times.
(c) New York Times.
(d) New York Herald Tribune.

14. How does Cathy Durham's librarian respond to White's letter to Cathy?
(a) She is appreciative.
(b) She is confused.
(c) She is amused.
(d) She is offended.

15. In a letter to James Thurber, what injury does White sustain while falling onto an awning?
(a) A sprained ankle.
(b) A broken arm.
(c) A large skull gash.
(d) A broken leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does White do newsbreaks for the New Yorker before retiring?

2. When does Katharine pass away?

3. Where does White first publish his remembrance of Strunk?

4. How long were Katharine and E.B. White married?

5. What is the title of Katharine's posthumous book?

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