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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 16 East 8th Street: 1931-1936.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does White describe himself as a child?
(a) Neither nervous nor fretful.
(b) Fretful, but not nervous.
(c) Nervous, but not fretful.
(d) Nervous and fretful.

3. What does White first submit to the New Yorker?
(a) Long columns and short items.
(b) Short items, long columns, and poetry.
(c) Short items and poetry.
(d) Long columns and poetry.

4. When is White's son, Joel, born?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1932.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does White live with his parents after returning from his world travels?

2. Where does White wait for Alice during a missed opportunity to see her?

3. Where does White first notice the New Yorker magazine?

4. When does White begin living with three other Cornell graduates?

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

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