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

2. What does the B in E.B. White stand for?
(a) Banks.
(b) Brooks.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Bryan.

3. What does White say the people who come to New York from somewhere else all bring with them?
(a) Change.
(b) Complacency.
(c) Energy.
(d) Desire.

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 wanted people to notice that verbiage.
(b) He was being sarcastic.
(c) He didn't like the changes being made.
(d) He wanted to coin a new phrase.

5. What does White say people CANNOT change while in New York?
(a) Personality.
(b) Past history.
(c) Religion.
(d) None of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What record does White say New York holds?

2. What does White say will always be innumerable in New York?

3. What was the name of the business the writer of the introduction of this book worked for?

4. What is one of the gifts White said New York gives to all men?

5. What celebrity did White see in New York one time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does White seem to feel about New York in his description?

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

3. Who wrote the introduction to this book?

4. What does White say he has done to this book that some people will find inaccurate, and what is his reason for this?

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

6. Who gives a good description of White?

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

8. What kind of things does White say people who come to New York are looking for?

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

10. Why did White first move to New York?

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