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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 was White's book about the city so different from the reality?
(a) He liked his own version.
(b) He had an idealized version in his head.
(c) He refused to see the negative changes.
(d) He didn't live there while writing it.

2. What does White say separated people in New York in his old days?
(a) Money.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Looks.
(d) Inches.

3. What kind of New York resident does White credit for the stability in New York?
(a) The transplants.
(b) The born and bred.
(c) The commuters.
(d) The ever-present.

4. How does White seem to feel about "The Wizard of Oz"?
(a) He hates it.
(b) He tolerates it.
(c) He is amazed by it.
(d) He likes it.

5. What does White say the people who come to New York from somewhere else all bring with them?
(a) Change.
(b) Complacency.
(c) Energy.
(d) Desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White say is the only thing that could save the city if they went one day without working together in the different racial communities?

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

3. Who came up with the different categories of people that White writes about?

4. What does White remember the policemen of his youth always having on hand?

5. Why did White first go to New York?

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