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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 29-58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does White talk about "The Wizard of Oz" while writing about New York?
(a) He identifies with having ruby slippers to take him home from there.
(b) He thinks New York is that place over the rainbow.
(c) He knows the movie was filmed in New York.
(d) He met one of the actors from the film while in New York.

2. What was strange about this book when it was published?
(a) All the names in it had been changed.
(b) Many things had already changed.
(c) It was written as a tribute.
(d) It was written under a pseudonym.

3. What season is the usual tourist season in New York?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

4. What kind of New York resident does White credit for the stability in New York?
(a) The transplants.
(b) The ever-present.
(c) The born and bred.
(d) The commuters.

5. What kind of business has fewer open offices than White remembers?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Magazines.
(c) Universities.
(d) Publishers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is NOT something that White says is destroying the city?

2. Why did White make a strange choice of words when talking about what he refused to do in his book before publication?

3. What kind of abode does White say most people in New York live in?

4. What does White compare a non-local visiting New Yorker to?

5. What did White's stepson write about a lot?

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