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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 29-58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of tubes take messages from one place to another?
(a) Vacuum.
(b) Steel.
(c) Mail Carriers.
(d) Pneumatic.

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

3. What did White want the reader to do as he read this book?
(a) Get inspired to visit New York.
(b) Note the changes in New York.
(c) Find their own truths about New York.
(d) Take his word as truth about New York.

4. What is the name of White's wife?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Katrina.
(d) Kimberly.

5. Who came up with the different categories of people that White writes about?
(a) His father.
(b) His wife.
(c) White.
(d) His stepson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of New York resident does White credit for the restlessness in New York?

2. How did police mostly do their patrols when White was living in New York?

3. What does the B in E.B. White stand for?

4. Why does White say New York is not as unique anymore?

5. What is so outlandish about the city to White?

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