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

2. How do police mostly do their patrols while White is writing this book?
(a) They walk.
(b) They go in cars.
(c) They ride horses.
(d) The ride bicycles.

3. How did the writer of the introduction of this book know White?
(a) He was his teacher.
(b) He was his editor.
(c) He was his stepson.
(d) He was his nephew.

4. What does White use as a reference to write this book?
(a) An interview with his stepson.
(b) A book.
(c) His memory.
(d) A quick visit with his wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How close does White say the people in New York are constantly escaping something?

2. What parts of the city does White say has changed the most?

3. Why does White understand what draws people to New York?

4. What month did White die?

5. What does White say that Grand Central has become since he lived in New York?

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