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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 White feel about New York over all?
(a) He respects it.
(b) He fears it.
(c) He hates it.
(d) He loves it.

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 What about this book is NOT outdated?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

3. What opportunity is most prevalent in New York, according to White?
(a) Culture.
(b) Religion.
(c) Education.
(d) Variety.

4. Who asked White to write this book?
(a) His stepson.
(b) His wife.
(c) His publisher.
(d) His editor.

5. What does White say will always be innumerable in New York?
(a) Rascals.
(b) Changes.
(c) Rodents.
(d) Energy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the writer of the introduction of this book know White?

2. What is in the hearts of the people who bring passion to New York, according to White?

3. Why was White's book about the city so different from the reality?

4. What does White say used to make New York so unique?

5. What does White say one has to do to change himself in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What great experience did White have in a New York diner?

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

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

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

5. What does White say is causing New York to lose its uniqueness?

6. What did White not want to do to his book before it was published?

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

8. What is this book about?

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

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

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