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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What job does Katharine Angell, White's future wife, have with the New Yorker when he begins writing there?
(a) News editor.
(b) Fiction editor.
(c) Poetry editor.
(d) Features editor.

3. How long does White live with his parents after returning from his world travels?
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Two months.
(d) One month.

4. What does White write about in a tongue-in-cheek letter to Harold Ross in July, 1945?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Parrots.

5. Where does White travel to after disappearing from the New Yorker?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state did White and his family travel to in August?

2. In which hospital is White staying when he writes to his friend, Jim Wright?

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

4. What are the sales of White's book, Stuart Little, in 1946?

5. How does White describe himself as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does White gain confidence as a writer while in college, and what acquaintances does he make there?

2. How does White discover the New Yorker?

3. What is the purpose of White's letter to John Wentworth in 1947?

4. What suggestions does White have for the New Yorker between 1932 and 1935?

5. What is the topic of the humorous letter of outrage that White sends to Harold Ross in July, 1945?

6. How does White describe his meeting in Washington in January, 1942?

7. How do White and Katharine handle their careers when they are first married?

8. How does White show Katharine her importance in his life?

9. What unscheduled vacation does White take from the New Yorker and how does he inform them of his absence?

10. Why does Katharine hesitate before agreeing to marry White?

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