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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does White say you can spot the people who are disappointed in the city?
(a) They will be packing their bags.
(b) They will be eating quietly.
(c) They will be taking too many pictures.
(d) They will seem angry about nothing.

2. What does White remember the policemen of his youth always having on hand?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Clubs.
(c) Guns.
(d) Nightsticks.

3. What does White say most people will feel about their visit to New York?
(a) They will love it.
(b) They will be disappointed.
(c) They will hate it.
(d) They will be overwhelmed.

4. What does White compare a non-local visiting New Yorker to?
(a) An alien visiting a new world.
(b) A commoner coming to a royal court.
(c) A foreigner coming to a new country.
(d) A fish talking to a bird.

5. What is the most disturbing change to White about New York since he lived there?
(a) The grumpy residents.
(b) The vulnerability.
(c) The small number of policemen.
(d) The lack of camaraderie.

6. What kind of person does White say would miss things about New York?
(a) A visitor.
(b) A long time resident.
(c) An old timer.
(d) A young child.

7. What were pulled down in New York since White was a boy?
(a) Fishing docks.
(b) Old buildings.
(c) Park playgrounds.
(d) Elevated railways.

8. How close does White say the people in New York are constantly escaping something?
(a) By a day or two.
(b) By a large margin.
(c) By a narrow margin.
(d) By a blink and a half.

9. What has been gradually removed from the city since White lived there?
(a) Theaters.
(b) Mansions.
(c) Public schools.
(d) Bill boards.

10. What kind of person does White say can be found sleeping on the streets of New York in the summer?
(a) Veterans.
(b) Children.
(c) Drunks.
(d) Convicts.

11. What amazes White about New York?
(a) That is has quiet moments.
(b) That it sustains itself.
(c) That so many people love it.
(d) That there are other places like it.

12. Which of these does White notice a strange change in since he lived in New York?
(a) The clouds.
(b) The vegetation
(c) The parades.
(d) The birds.

13. What does White say an enemy could use to destroy the city?
(a) Cannons.
(b) Small planes.
(c) Hackers.
(d) Air raids.

14. Why will a visitor to New York have a hard time understanding the waiters, according to White?
(a) They talk so fast.
(b) They have a heavy accent.
(c) They use too much slang.
(d) They talk quietly.

15. What kind of abode does White say most people in New York live in?
(a) Apartments.
(b) Condos.
(c) Houses.
(d) Duplexes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does White say most people move to New York?

2. What does White compare the feeling the city gives to its citizens to?

3. Where did White go to college?

4. Why does White say New York builds upwards?

5. How does White seem to feel about most of the changes in New York?

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