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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 record does White say New York holds?
(a) The highest gap in wealth and poverty.
(b) The highest concentration of people.
(c) The highest percentage of diversity.
(d) The highest crime rate.

2. What about this book is NOT outdated?
(a) The train schedules.
(b) The sites to see.
(c) The restaurants.
(d) The maps.

3. Which of the following is NOT out of date in this book?
(a) The tour times.
(b) The population statistics.
(c) None of these.
(d) The Broadway reviews.

4. What kind of New York resident was the last that White talked about?
(a) The lifers.
(b) The born and bred.
(c) The transplants.
(d) The commuters.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the kinds of New York residents that White talks about?
(a) The commuters.
(b) The transplants.
(c) The ever-present.
(d) The born and bred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who explains the differences between the New York City written about and the current New York City?

2. What celebrity did White see in New York one time?

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

4. What does White hope to show in his story?

5. What does White blame for the loss of charm in the city?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does White attribute the unique nature of New York to?

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

9. What does White say is always innumerable in New York?

10. Who wrote the introduction to this book?

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