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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 parts of the city does White say has changed the most?
(a) The bad parts.
(b) The higher parts.
(c) The good parts.
(d) The lower parts.

2. What part of New York did White live in?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) The Upper East Side.
(d) Queens.

3. What does White hope to show in his story?
(a) The difference in New York over time.
(b) How he became a successful writer.
(c) The kind of people who live in New York.
(d) The best way to travel in New York.

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

5. What does White compare the city to?
(a) Music.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Theater.
(d) Evolution.

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. Why does White say people will travel to New York from worlds away?

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

4. What does White say a small number of visitors will feel about their visit to New York?

5. What has been gradually removed from the city since White lived there?

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