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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 1-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about this book is NOT outdated?
(a) The maps.
(b) The restaurants.
(c) The train schedules.
(d) The sites to see.

2. How does White feel about New York over all?
(a) He fears it.
(b) He respects it.
(c) He loves it.
(d) He hates it.

3. What is the most negative thing White mentions about the city?
(a) Its crime.
(b) Its lack of manners.
(c) Its fast pace.
(d) Its filth.

4. Who gives a good description of White?
(a) His stepson.
(b) His brother.
(c) Himself.
(d) His wife.

5. What did White refuse to do to this book before publishing it?
(a) Write it for children.
(b) Publish it at a magazine.
(c) Change the names in it.
(d) Bring it down to date.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did White want the reader to do as he read this book?

2. Where did White live when he began writing this book?

3. What was strange about the terminology White used when talking about what he refused to do to this book before publication?

4. Why does White talk about "The Wizard of Oz" while writing about New York?

5. What was the writer of the introduction of this book glad that White couldn't see?

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