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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month did White die?
(a) December.
(b) October.
(c) January.
(d) November.

2. Where did White see a celebrity one time in New York?
(a) A theater.
(b) A park.
(c) A diner.
(d) A bus stop.

3. What does White say used to make New York so unique?
(a) Its people.
(b) Its businesses.
(c) Its landscape.
(d) Its activities.

4. Why did White make a strange choice of words when talking about what he refused to do in his book before publication?
(a) He was being sarcastic.
(b) He didn't like the changes being made.
(c) He wanted people to notice that verbiage.
(d) He wanted to coin a new phrase.

5. What aspect of New York brought in by the residents does White appreciate the most?
(a) Solidity.
(b) Energy.
(c) Restlessness.
(d) Passion.

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

7. 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.

8. What does White say about the people who don't want the gifts New York has to offer?
(a) They should leave.
(b) They can avoid it.
(c) They will get them anyway.
(d) They will live in denial.

9. What is one of the gifts White said New York gives to all men?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Contemplation.

10. What was the name of the business the writer of the introduction of this book worked for?
(a) Holiday.
(b) Hannover.
(c) Hallsday.
(d) Hampshire.

11. How do we see how White felt about "The Wizard of Oz"?
(a) He describes a poster for the movie.
(b) He puts in a few lines from the movie.
(c) He talks about red slippers taking him home to New York.
(d) He talks about his excitement to meet one of the stars.

12. What is White quick to agree on when talking about New York?
(a) It is not for everyone.
(b) It is an iconic city.
(c) It is the best place to live.
(d) There are parts he doesn't approve of.

13. Which of these does White say New York holds the key to?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Promotion.
(c) Mercantilism.
(d) Acting.

14. Where was the writer of the introduction of this book working?
(a) At a newspaper.
(b) At a magazine.
(c) At a law school.
(d) At a train station.

15. What magazine did White write a lot for?
(a) Time.
(b) Holiday.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The Washington Post.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is something White says people come to New York looking for?

2. What has New York lost along with its uniqueness, according to White?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the kinds of New York residents that White talks about?

4. What kind of changes must the reader make as he reads this article?

5. How did White hope New York would progress?

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