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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through One Man's Meat: 1937-1941.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not included in the list of purchases White reports to his parents in a letter?
(a) Bread for ten cents.
(b) Boots for five dollars and fifty cents.
(c) A shirt for ninety cents.
(d) Milk for twenty cents.

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

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

4. How many children did White's parents have?
(a) Three.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

5. When does White submit the manuscript for Stuart Little to his agent?
(a) June, 1939.
(b) March, 1939.
(c) July, 1940.
(d) April, 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Katharine Angell, White's future wife, have with the New Yorker when he begins writing there?

2. Which one of the following is not included in the description White gives of his wedding?

3. Writing under a nom de plume, what does White express concern over?

4. How does White describe the perception of him at the New Yorker office in July, 1931?

5. How does White describe publicity to Alice while working at the American Legion News Service?

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