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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the B in E.B. White stand for?
(a) Banks.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Brooks.
(d) Bryan.

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

3. Which of these does White say New York holds the key to?
(a) Mercantilism.
(b) Acting.
(c) Promotion.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

4. Why didn't White make changes in his manuscript when they happened in New York?
(a) He was too close to his deadline.
(b) He wanted to age his piece a bit.
(c) He liked the original version better.
(d) He wanted the reader to do that for himself.

5. What kind of publication was the first to print this book?
(a) A novella.
(b) A newsletter.
(c) A magazine.
(d) A newspaper.

6. What record does White say New York holds?
(a) The highest concentration of people.
(b) The highest crime rate.
(c) The highest percentage of diversity.
(d) The highest gap in wealth and poverty.

7. How do we see how White felt about "The Wizard of Oz"?
(a) He puts in a few lines from the movie.
(b) He talks about his excitement to meet one of the stars.
(c) He describes a poster for the movie.
(d) He talks about red slippers taking him home to New York.

8. Why does White talk about "The Wizard of Oz" while writing about New York?
(a) He met one of the actors from the film while in New York.
(b) He knows the movie was filmed in New York.
(c) He thinks New York is that place over the rainbow.
(d) He identifies with having ruby slippers to take him home from there.

9. Who asked White to write this book?
(a) His wife.
(b) His stepson.
(c) His publisher.
(d) His editor.

10. What does White say will always be innumerable in New York?
(a) Rascals.
(b) Rodents.
(c) Changes.
(d) Energy.

11. What year was this story written?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1950.

12. What has New York lost along with its uniqueness, according to White?
(a) Its thrill.
(b) Its opportunity.
(c) Its energy.
(d) Its charm.

13. Which kind of New York resident does White credit for the passion in New York?
(a) The lifers.
(b) The transplants.
(c) The commuters.
(d) The ever-present.

14. How did White hope New York would progress?
(a) At a constant pace.
(b) Onward and upwards.
(c) Naturally.
(d) With the will of the people.

15. What does White have to ignore to continue loving New York?
(a) The criticism.
(b) The people.
(c) The changes.
(d) The bad memories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of New York resident does White credit for the restlessness in New York?

2. What does White say used to make New York so unique?

3. What does White compare the city to?

4. What was the writer of the introduction of this book glad that White couldn't see?

5. What was the occupation of the celebrity White once met in New York?

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