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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 1-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of New York resident does White like the most?
(a) The lifers.
(b) The transplants.
(c) The born and bred.
(d) The commuters.

2. What kind of person does White say the city would not be the same without?
(a) The evangelists.
(b) The transplants.
(c) The tourists.
(d) The born and bred.

3. What does White say about the people who don't want the gifts New York has to offer?
(a) They can avoid it.
(b) They should leave.
(c) They will live in denial.
(d) They will get them anyway.

4. What does White say "The Wizard of Oz" was for many people?
(a) A family-uniting film.
(b) An iconic moment.
(c) A technological advancement.
(d) A happy memory.

5. Why didn't White make changes in his manuscript when they happened in New York?
(a) He was too close to his deadline.
(b) He liked the original version better.
(c) He wanted the reader to do that for himself.
(d) He wanted to age his piece a bit.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does White say one has to do to change himself in New York?

3. What does the E in E.B. White stand for?

4. When did White die?

5. What magazine did White write a lot for?

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