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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 does White say used to make New York so unique?
(a) Its people.
(b) Its landscape.
(c) Its activities.
(d) Its businesses.

2. Where did White live when he began writing this book?
(a) In Brooklyn.
(b) In Queens.
(c) Outside of New York.
(d) In The Bronx.

3. What magazine did White write a lot for?
(a) Holiday.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) Time.

4. Who came up with the different categories of people that White writes about?
(a) His wife.
(b) White.
(c) His stepson.
(d) His father.

5. Why does White say New York is not as unique anymore?
(a) Radio.
(b) TV.
(c) Movies.
(d) Advertising.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White hope to show in his story?

2. When did White die?

3. Why is White's stepson happy that White can't see the city now?

4. What does White say New York offers that most other cities do not?

5. How did the writer of the introduction of this book know White?

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