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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the person giving a description of White feel about him?
(a) He cares deeply for him.
(b) He knows him slightly.
(c) He is envious of but admires him.
(d) She is proud of him.

2. Where did White live when he began writing this book?
(a) In Queens.
(b) In Brooklyn.
(c) Outside of New York.
(d) In The Bronx.

3. What kind of New York resident does White credit for the restlessness in New York?
(a) The born and bred.
(b) The ever-present.
(c) The commuters.
(d) The transplants.

4. What did White want the reader to do as he read this book?
(a) Note the changes in New York.
(b) Get inspired to visit New York.
(c) Take his word as truth about New York.
(d) Find their own truths about New York.

5. What year was this story written?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1948.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was White unsure of when he re-visited New York?

2. Why did White first go to New York?

3. What magazine did White write a lot for?

4. How did White hope New York would progress?

5. What about this book is NOT outdated?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the writer of the introduction glad that White cannot see the city now?

2. Who gives a good description of White?

3. What are the two main parts to White's description of New York?

4. Why did White not want to do a certain something to the book before it was published?

5. What does White say the first kind of New York resident brings to the city?

6. What does White say someone has to do to change things in New York?

7. What are the gifts that White says New York has to offer all men?

8. Why does the writer of the introduction say White agreed to write this book?

9. What does White say the second kind of New York resident brings to the city?

10. What does White say separates most of the people in New York?

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