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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does White say separated people in New York in his old days?
(a) Inches.
(b) Money.
(c) Looks.
(d) Nothing.
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the kinds of New York residents that White talks about?
(a) The commuters.
(b) The transplants.
(c) The born and bred.
(d) The ever-present.
3. Why did White first go to New York?
(a) To meet a woman.
(b) To start his writing career.
(c) To go to college.
(d) To live with his sick grandmother.
4. How does the person giving a description of White feel about him?
(a) He is envious of but admires him.
(b) He cares deeply for him.
(c) He knows him slightly.
(d) She is proud of him.
5. What record does White say New York holds?
(a) The highest concentration of people.
(b) The highest gap in wealth and poverty.
(c) The highest crime rate.
(d) The highest percentage of diversity.
6. What kind of changes must the reader make as he reads this article?
(a) Literary Changes.
(b) Geographical changes.
(c) Mental changes.
(d) Spiritual changes.
7. What was the last name of the man who wrote the introduction to this book?
(a) Angell.
(b) Allman.
(c) Avery.
(d) Atkinson.
8. Where was White born?
(a) Mt. Vernon.
(b) Albany.
(c) New York.
(d) Manhattan.
9. What kind of New York resident was the last that White talked about?
(a) The lifers.
(b) The transplants.
(c) The born and bred.
(d) The commuters.
10. What did White say changed New York the most?
(a) Time.
(b) Literature.
(c) Politics.
(d) Technology.
11. What does White blame for the loss of charm in the city?
(a) The police force.
(b) The population.
(c) TV.
(d) The crime.
12. How did the writer of the introduction of this book know White?
(a) He was his stepson.
(b) He was his nephew.
(c) He was his editor.
(d) He was his teacher.
13. What has New York lost along with its uniqueness, according to White?
(a) Its charm.
(b) Its opportunity.
(c) Its energy.
(d) Its thrill.
14. What magazine did White write a lot for?
(a) Holiday.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Time.
(d) The Washington Post.
15. What was the occupation of the celebrity White once met in New York?
(a) Writer.
(b) Reporter.
(c) Actor.
(d) Singer/Dancer.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does White say will always be innumerable in New York?
2. What was the occupation of the man who wrote the introduction to this book?
3. How does White seem to feel about "The Wizard of Oz"?
4. Who explains the differences between the New York City written about and the current New York City?
5. What does White hope to show in his story?
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