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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 is the first kind of person who lives in New York?
(a) The ones who left, but will return later.
(b) The ones who moved there from somewhere else.
(c) The ones who commute there.
(d) The ones who were born there.

2. What familiar sounds come back to White as he thinks about New York?
(a) Rumbles and squeals.
(b) Cars and boats.
(c) Music and laughter.
(d) Yelling and cursing.

3. What does White think should have destroyed it years ago?
(a) The pollution.
(b) The panic.
(c) The animals.
(d) The population.

4. Where was White born?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Albany.
(c) Mt. Vernon.
(d) New York.

5. Which of these does White say New York holds the key to?
(a) Promotion.
(b) Acting.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Mercantilism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was White when he first visited New York City?

2. Why does White say New York is not as unique anymore?

3. Who gives a good description of White?

4. What was White's main mode of transportation when he lived in the city?

5. What has not slowed down in New York since White's death?

(see the answer key)

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