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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did White live when he began writing this book?
(a) Outside of New York.
(b) In Brooklyn.
(c) In Queens.
(d) In The Bronx.

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

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

5. What opportunity is most prevalent in New York, according to White?
(a) Variety.
(b) Religion.
(c) Culture.
(d) Education.

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

7. What was the writer of the introduction of this book glad that White couldn't see?
(a) What had become of the city since he wrote it.
(b) Where his book would be published.
(c) How his book had been received.
(d) How quickly his book became outdated.

8. What was strange about the terminology White used when talking about what he refused to do to this book before publication?
(a) He should have said, 'up to date'.
(b) He should have known it would be published in a magazine first.
(c) The writer can't make geographical changes.
(d) The names were already altered.

9. What was the name of the business the writer of the introduction of this book worked for?
(a) Hallsday.
(b) Holiday.
(c) Hannover.
(d) Hampshire.

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

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

12. How does the person giving a description of White feel about him?
(a) She is proud of him.
(b) He cares deeply for him.
(c) He is envious of but admires him.
(d) He knows him slightly.

13. What did White want the reader to do as he read this book?
(a) Note the changes in New York.
(b) Find their own truths about New York.
(c) Take his word as truth about New York.
(d) Get inspired to visit New York.

14. How did the writer of the introduction of this book know White?
(a) He was his stepson.
(b) He was his teacher.
(c) He was his nephew.
(d) He was his editor.

15. What was the last name of the man who wrote the introduction to this book?
(a) Avery.
(b) Atkinson.
(c) Angell.
(d) Allman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't White make changes in his manuscript when they happened in New York?

2. What does White say will always be innumerable in New York?

3. What was White's father's occupation?

4. How old was White when he first visited New York City?

5. What has New York lost along with its uniqueness, according to White?

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