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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 about the time when the Empire State Building was built?
(a) It is the world's highest peak built at the lowest point in the depression.
(b) It was a signal of progression.
(c) It boosted the economy.
(d) It raised men out of their pangs.

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

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

4. What does White say this book will really be?
(a) Reminiscences.
(b) Opinions.
(c) An advertisement.
(d) Facts.

5. What does White think should have destroyed it years ago?
(a) The population.
(b) The animals.
(c) The pollution.
(d) The panic.

6. What does White say the city gives a sense of to all people?
(a) Welcome.
(b) Motivation.
(c) Belonging.
(d) Frenzy.

7. What made White homeless for some time while living in New York?
(a) He didn't have enough writing jobs.
(b) He was kicked out of his apartment.
(c) His mother didn't send the money he needed.
(d) He wanted to write a book about being homeless.

8. What does White say a small number of visitors will feel about their visit to New York?
(a) They will be overwhelmed.
(b) They will be disappointed.
(c) They will love it.
(d) They will hate it.

9. What does White compare the feeling the city gives to its citizens to?
(a) A dose of vitamins.
(b) A big hug.
(c) An ongoing lecture.
(d) A college education.

10. Whom does White describe sending messages to each other?
(a) Two sisters.
(b) An employee and his boss.
(c) A father and son.
(d) A young couple.

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

12. What familiar sounds come back to White as he thinks about New York?
(a) Yelling and cursing.
(b) Music and laughter.
(c) Rumbles and squeals.
(d) Cars and boats.

13. What paradoxical statement does White make about New York?
(a) It is cruel but kind.
(b) It is always changing, but changeless.
(c) It is safe, but vulnerable.
(d) It is beautiful but ugly.

14. What is the name of White's wife?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Kimberly.
(c) Katrina.
(d) Kelly.

15. What amazes White about the messages he describes being sent?
(a) It is so reliable.
(b) It is trusted.
(c) It goes so fast.
(d) It is used so often.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White say a bus driver in New York will do if someone asks them a silly question?

2. What parts of the city does White say has changed the most?

3. What does White say is the only thing that could save the city if they went one day without working together in the different racial communities?

4. What does White say the largest concentration of people forces on the residents?

5. Which of these occupations does White say people can be successful at?

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