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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 29-58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of New York did White live in?
(a) The Upper East Side.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Queens.
(d) Manhattan.

2. What is one of the gifts White said New York gives to all men?
(a) Emptiness.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Contemplation.

3. What does White say someone can do in a short walk in a New York neighborhood?
(a) All of these.
(b) Buy a paper.
(c) Get dry cleaning.
(d) Do your grocery shopping.

4. What was the occupation of the man who wrote the introduction to this book?
(a) Writer.
(b) Professor.
(c) Editor.
(d) Lawyer.

5. What did White call the working police officers when he lived in New York?
(a) Gum shoes.
(b) Watchmen.
(c) Patrol men.
(d) Coppers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of New York has the largest concentration of people?

2. What does White say all people in New York want a shot at?

3. How do police mostly do their patrols while White is writing this book?

4. Which of these do the subterranean lines under the city make possible?

5. What kind of changes must the reader make as he reads this article?

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