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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. What does White say "The Wizard of Oz" was for many people?
(a) A technological advancement.
(b) A happy memory.
(c) A family-uniting film.
(d) An iconic moment.

2. How did the writer of the introduction of this book know White?
(a) He was his editor.
(b) He was his teacher.
(c) He was his stepson.
(d) He was his nephew.

3. Why does White talk about "The Wizard of Oz" while writing about New York?
(a) He knows the movie was filmed in New York.
(b) He identifies with having ruby slippers to take him home from there.
(c) He met one of the actors from the film while in New York.
(d) He thinks New York is that place over the rainbow.

4. Why does White say New York is not as unique anymore?
(a) Advertising.
(b) TV.
(c) Movies.
(d) Radio.

5. How old was White when he first visited New York City?
(a) He was middle-aged.
(b) He was a young child.
(c) He was a young man.
(d) He was a baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the writer of the introduction of this book glad that White couldn't see?

2. How do we see how White felt about "The Wizard of Oz"?

3. What is the most negative thing White mentions about the city?

4. What is White quick to agree on when talking about New York?

5. How does the person giving a description of White feel about him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is this book about?

2. What kind of things does White say New York holds the key to?

3. What does White say is being taken away from New York with its uniqueness?

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

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

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

7. Who gives a good description of White?

8. What does White say is the first kind of person that lives in the city?

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

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

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