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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why will a visitor to New York have a hard time understanding the waiters, according to White?
(a) They use too much slang.
(b) They have a heavy accent.
(c) They talk quietly.
(d) They talk so fast.

2. What does White say keeps all the communities in New York together?
(a) Love.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Tolerance.
(d) Understanding.

3. What did White's stepson write about a lot?
(a) Football.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Wine and Food.
(d) Traveling.

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

5. What does White say is the only thing that could save the city if they went one day without working together in the different racial communities?
(a) A payload.
(b) A war.
(c) A devastating incident.
(d) A miracle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does White seem to feel about most of the changes in New York?

3. Why does White feel distant from New York?

4. How did police mostly do their patrols when White was living in New York?

5. What did White do before attending college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of things does White say will happen to someone who does not yet understand New York?

2. What does White say about the subterranean pipes in New York?

3. What does White say the city of New York offers its citizens as no other big city does?

4. What does White compare the feeling the city gives the citizens to?

5. What does White say about the Empire State building?

6. What are the two main reactions White says visitors to New York will have?

7. How does White say the city could easily be destroyed?

8. How does White show the amazing variety of people living in New York?

9. How has Greenwich Village changed since White lived in New York?

10. What does White say he knows will skew the numbers he listed?

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