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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was White's book about the city so different from the reality?
(a) He refused to see the negative changes.
(b) He had an idealized version in his head.
(c) He didn't live there while writing it.
(d) He liked his own version.

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

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

5. When did White die?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1985.

6. What is the most negative thing White mentions about the city?
(a) Its fast pace.
(b) Its filth.
(c) Its crime.
(d) Its lack of manners.

7. What has not slowed down in New York since White's death?
(a) The energy.
(b) The progression.
(c) The pace.
(d) The changes.

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

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

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

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

12. What does White say the people who come to New York from somewhere else all bring with them?
(a) Change.
(b) Complacency.
(c) Desire.
(d) Energy.

13. What did White refuse to do to this book before publishing it?
(a) Publish it at a magazine.
(b) Change the names in it.
(c) Bring it down to date.
(d) Write it for children.

14. Who came up with the different categories of people that White writes about?
(a) White.
(b) His father.
(c) His stepson.
(d) His wife.

15. 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) How quickly his book became outdated.
(c) How his book had been received.
(d) Where his book would be published.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asked White to write this book?

2. What is in the hearts of the people who bring passion to New York, according to White?

3. Where did White live when he began writing this book?

4. What was the last name of the man who wrote the introduction to this book?

5. What does the B in E.B. White stand for?

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