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

2. How long does White tell his friend, Charles Muller, that he can stay away from the farm?
(a) Not more than two weeks.
(b) Not more than five days.
(c) Not more than ten days.
(d) Not more than one week.

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

4. Where does White wait for Alice during a missed opportunity to see her?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A classroom.
(c) A tree.
(d) A river.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White befriend while vacationing in a small shack?

2. When does White submit the manuscript for Stuart Little to his agent?

3. When does White marry Katharine Angell?

4. Who was White's favorite sibling?

5. What case does White reference in a letter to the New York Herald Tribune?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Katharine Angell's background?

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

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

4. Why did White first begin writing during his childhood?

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

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

7. Why does White write to Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter and the director of the Bronx Zoo respectively?

8. How does White describe kindergarten and high school?

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

10. Why does White decline a job offer from the Saturday Review?

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