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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. Which of these is another thing White says people come to New York looking for?
(a) Love.
(b) Privacy.
(c) Fulfillment.
(d) Purpose.

2. What does White say used to make New York so unique?
(a) Its businesses.
(b) Its people.
(c) Its activities.
(d) Its landscape.

3. What does White say the people who come to New York from somewhere else all bring with them?
(a) Change.
(b) Energy.
(c) Complacency.
(d) Desire.

4. Where did White see a celebrity one time in New York?
(a) A theater.
(b) A bus stop.
(c) A park.
(d) A diner.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major project was the celebrity involved in that White saw in New York one time?

2. What does White have to ignore to continue loving New York?

3. What was strange about the terminology White used when talking about what he refused to do to this book before publication?

4. What does White attribute the ability for a man to change himself in New York to?

5. What was strange about this book when it was published?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does White choose to talk about after explaining all the things to do in New York?

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

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

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

6. What does White say is the third kind of person that lives in the city?

7. What is this book about?

8. What kind of things does White say people who come to New York are looking for?

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

10. How does White seem to feel about New York in his description?

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