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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occupation did White have when he lived in New York as a young man?
(a) Writer.
(b) Editor.
(c) Delivery man.
(d) Waiter.

2. What does White say the largest concentration of people forces on the residents?
(a) Patience.
(b) Unity.
(c) Diversity.
(d) Association.

3. Which of these cities does White say gives the same sense to all its citizens?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Detroit.

4. How does White describe the different neighborhoods in New York?
(a) They are communities.
(b) They are cliquish.
(c) They are busy.
(d) They are homely.

5. What part of New York has the largest concentration of people?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Queens.
(d) Brooklyn.

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

7. What does White say would happen if the communities in New York stopped working together for one day?
(a) The population would decrease.
(b) It would explode.
(c) The nation would never be the same.
(d) A war would be waged.

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

9. What does White say a bus driver in New York will do if someone asks them a silly question?
(a) Charge them double.
(b) Slap them.
(c) Lie in response.
(d) Kick them off.

10. What part of New York did White live in?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Queens.
(d) The Upper East Side.

11. What does White say most visitors to New York would hate?
(a) Taking a newcomer on a first trip.
(b) Leaving there.
(c) Living there.
(d) Visiting again.

12. What does White call himself as it relates to being a resident of New York?
(a) A once-upon-a-timer.
(b) An old timer.
(c) An all the timer.
(d) A vacationer.

13. What does White say all people in New York want a shot at?
(a) Success.
(b) The Big Time.
(c) Involvement.
(d) Belonging.

14. Where did White live for a while when he was poor in New York?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Grand Central Terminal.
(c) Broadway theaters.
(d) A bus station.

15. What parts of the city does White say has changed the most?
(a) The lower parts.
(b) The higher parts.
(c) The bad parts.
(d) The good parts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of White's wife?

3. Why will a visitor to New York have a hard time understanding the waiters, according to White?

4. Where did White die?

5. What amazes White about New York?

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