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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did White go to college?

2. Why does White say most people move to New York?

3. What part of New York did White live in?

4. Why will a visitor to New York have a hard time understanding the waiters, according to White?

5. What does White say an enemy could use to destroy the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does White say about the neighborhoods in New York?

2. What does White say he knows will skew the numbers he listed?

3. What does White say the city of New York offers its citizens as no other big city does?

4. What does White say a visitor to New York will feel like right at first?

5. What does White say about the Empire State building?

6. What does White say would happen if the different communities stopped tolerating each other?

7. How does White say one can recognize the visitors to the city who were disappointed in their experience?

8. How does White say the city could easily be destroyed?

9. What kind of things does White say will happen to someone who does not yet understand New York?

10. What are the two main reactions White says visitors to New York will have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did White learn from his time in New York, and how did these lessons affect the remainder of his life?

Essay Topic 2

What were some of the main pros and cons that White listed about New York, and how did they change his ideas of the city?

Essay Topic 3

Belonging and security were two themes present in this book. Where did these themes appear, and which people were most motivated by them?

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