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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does White describe sending messages to each other?
(a) A father and son.
(b) An employee and his boss.
(c) A young couple.
(d) Two sisters.

2. What is the first kind of person who lives in New York?
(a) The ones who commute there.
(b) The ones who were born there.
(c) The ones who moved there from somewhere else.
(d) The ones who left, but will return later.

3. What is the most disturbing change to White about New York since he lived there?
(a) The grumpy residents.
(b) The vulnerability.
(c) The small number of policemen.
(d) The lack of camaraderie.

4. Why will a visitor to New York have a hard time understanding the waiters, according to White?
(a) They have a heavy accent.
(b) They talk quietly.
(c) They use too much slang.
(d) They talk so fast.

5. What did White do before attending college?
(a) Worked for his father.
(b) Fulfilled an apprenticeship.
(c) Served in the army.
(d) Lived in New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did police mostly do their patrols when White was living in New York?

2. What amazes White about New York?

3. How does White seem to feel about most of the changes in New York?

4. What does White say most people will feel about their visit to New York?

5. What does White say someone can do in a short walk in a New York neighborhood?

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