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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one of the gifts White said New York gives to all men?
(a) Contemplation.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Emptiness.

3. What does White blame for the loss of charm in the city?
(a) The population.
(b) The crime.
(c) TV.
(d) The police force.

4. What is a second gift White Said New York gives to all men?
(a) Privacy.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Relaxation.

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

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

7. What does White say about the people who don't want the gifts New York has to offer?
(a) They will get them anyway.
(b) They can avoid it.
(c) They will live in denial.
(d) They should leave.

8. Which of the following is NOT one of the kinds of New York residents that White talks about?
(a) The born and bred.
(b) The commuters.
(c) The transplants.
(d) The ever-present.

9. Who gives a good description of White?
(a) His wife.
(b) Himself.
(c) His stepson.
(d) His brother.

10. What is White quick to agree on when talking about New York?
(a) It is the best place to live.
(b) It is not for everyone.
(c) There are parts he doesn't approve of.
(d) It is an iconic city.

11. What did White say changed New York the most?
(a) Literature.
(b) Time.
(c) Politics.
(d) Technology.

12. What kind of New York resident does White like the most?
(a) The commuters.
(b) The transplants.
(c) The lifers.
(d) The born and bred.

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

14. Why did White first go to New York?
(a) To start his writing career.
(b) To live with his sick grandmother.
(c) To meet a woman.
(d) To go to college.

15. What does the E in E.B. White stand for?
(a) Elwyn.
(b) Earl.
(c) Evan.
(d) Edward.

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. Which of these does White say New York holds the key to?

3. Which of the following is NOT out of date in this book?

4. What kind of changes must the reader make as he reads this article?

5. Who explains the differences between the New York City written about and the current New York City?

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