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

2. How does White describe the different neighborhoods in New York?
(a) They are cliquish.
(b) They are homely.
(c) They are communities.
(d) They are busy.

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

4. How did police mostly do their patrols when White was living in New York?
(a) They rode horses.
(b) They walked.
(c) They used cars.
(d) They rode bicycles.

5. What kind of abode does White say most people in New York live in?
(a) Apartments.
(b) Duplexes.
(c) Condos.
(d) Houses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these cities does White say gives the same sense to all its citizens?

2. What does White say a small number of visitors will feel about their visit to New York?

3. What aspect of New York brought in by the residents does White appreciate the most?

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

5. What does White say the people who come to New York from somewhere else all bring with them?

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