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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 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 so fast.
(c) They talk quietly.
(d) They use too much slang.

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

3. 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.

4. What does White give a list of reasons for?
(a) Why the city should have destroyed itself.
(b) Why people should move away from there.
(c) Why people love the city.
(d) Why the city will never change.

5. Which of these does White notice a strange change in since he lived in New York?
(a) The vegetation
(b) The clouds.
(c) The birds.
(d) The parades.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What amazes White about all the different kinds of people that live in New York?

3. Which of these do the subterranean lines under the city make possible?

4. Which of these is another thing White says people come to New York looking for?

5. How does White feel about the changes that have been made to Broadway since he lived there?

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