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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was White unsure of when he re-visited New York?
(a) The places he should visit.
(b) The way he felt about the place.
(c) The way he should write about it.
(d) The way things had changed.

2. What does White say "The Wizard of Oz" was for many people?
(a) A technological advancement.
(b) An iconic moment.
(c) A family-uniting film.
(d) A happy memory.

3. What major project was the celebrity involved in that White saw in New York one time?
(a) His autobiography.
(b) The Wizard of Oz.
(c) The Broadway Revival.
(d) A compilation of his greatest news stories.

4. What does White say people CANNOT change while in New York?
(a) Past history.
(b) Religion.
(c) None of these.
(d) Personality.

5. What was strange about this book when it was published?
(a) All the names in it had been changed.
(b) It was written under a pseudonym.
(c) Many things had already changed.
(d) It was written as a tribute.

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

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

8. What kind of changes must the reader make as he reads this article?
(a) Geographical changes.
(b) Spiritual changes.
(c) Literary Changes.
(d) Mental changes.

9. What kind of New York resident was the last that White talked about?
(a) The born and bred.
(b) The lifers.
(c) The transplants.
(d) The commuters.

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

11. What is the first kind of person who lives in New York?
(a) The ones who were born there.
(b) The ones who moved there from somewhere else.
(c) The ones who left, but will return later.
(d) The ones who commute there.

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

13. 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.

14. What does White say is an important thing that comes along with one of the gifts New York offers to all men?
(a) Elevation.
(b) Compromise.
(c) Motivation.
(d) Participation.

15. Which of these is another thing White says people come to New York looking for?
(a) Privacy.
(b) Love.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Fulfillment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did White say changed New York the most?

3. What celebrity did White see in New York one time?

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

5. What does White say separated people in New York in his old days?

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