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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 does White hope to show in his story?
(a) The kind of people who live in New York.
(b) The best way to travel in New York.
(c) The difference in New York over time.
(d) How he became a successful writer.

2. What does White give the numbers of?
(a) The populations of different nationalities.
(b) The populations in different communities.
(c) The number of runs for the transit system.
(d) The overall population over the last 10 years.

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

4. What does White say will always be innumerable in New York?
(a) Energy.
(b) Rascals.
(c) Rodents.
(d) Changes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White say about the time when the Empire State Building was built?

2. How does White seem to feel about "The Wizard of Oz"?

3. What is the first kind of person who lives in New York?

4. What is in the hearts of the people who bring passion to New York, according to White?

5. What does White think should have destroyed it years ago?

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