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

2. How many people does White say would be killed if an enemy used his suggested weapon on the city?
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Millions.
(d) Tens of thousands.

3. What does White say keeps all the communities in New York together?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Love.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Ignorance.

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

5. What is so outlandish about the city to White?
(a) There are millions of people there.
(b) The economy is still bad.
(c) The place keeps growing.
(d) There are ways for people to survive.

6. What does White say someone can do in a short walk in a New York neighborhood?
(a) Do your grocery shopping.
(b) Get dry cleaning.
(c) All of these.
(d) Buy a paper.

7. 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 taking too many pictures.
(c) They will be eating quietly.
(d) They will seem angry about nothing.

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

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

10. What does White give a list of reasons for?
(a) Why people should move away from there.
(b) Why people love the city.
(c) Why the city should have destroyed itself.
(d) Why the city will never change.

11. What does the writer of the introduction say travelers will see that they left at home thanks to television?
(a) The same stars.
(b) The same streets.
(c) The same buildings.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

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

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

14. Which of these do the subterranean lines under the city make possible?
(a) Storage facilities.
(b) Water.
(c) Mineral deposits.
(d) Rodent populations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White say this book will really be?

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

3. What amazes White about all the different kinds of people that live in New York?

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

5. What does White compare the city to?

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