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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why will a visitor to New York have a hard time understanding the waiters, according to White?
(a) They talk so fast.
(b) They have a heavy accent.
(c) They talk quietly.
(d) They use too much slang.

2. What has not slowed down in New York since White's death?
(a) The progression.
(b) The pace.
(c) The changes.
(d) The energy.

3. What were pulled down in New York since White was a boy?
(a) Elevated railways.
(b) Park playgrounds.
(c) Old buildings.
(d) Fishing docks.

4. How do police mostly do their patrols while White is writing this book?
(a) They walk.
(b) The ride bicycles.
(c) They ride horses.
(d) They go in cars.

5. How does White say many visitors to New York get lost?
(a) They don't ask for directions.
(b) They take the wrong subway.
(c) They get their north confused with their south.
(d) They try to follow a map.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the occupation of the man who wrote the introduction to this book?

3. What does White call himself as it relates to being a resident of New York?

4. Why did White first go to New York?

5. Who wrote the introduction to this book?

(see the answer key)

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