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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 city gives a sense of to all people?
(a) Belonging.
(b) Frenzy.
(c) Motivation.
(d) Welcome.

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

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

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

5. What did the city have to do after the Empire State Building was erected?
(a) Pay higher taxes.
(b) Navigate around it.
(c) Think skyward.
(d) Move forward.

6. What amazes White about all the different kinds of people that live in New York?
(a) They do not help one another.
(b) They live together.
(c) They do not leave the city.
(d) They all exist.

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

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

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

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

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) None of the answers is correct.
(c) The same streets.
(d) The same buildings.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has been gradually removed from the city since White lived there?

2. What changed about Greenwich Village since White lived in New York?

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

4. What does White say most visitors to New York would hate?

5. 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?

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