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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 does White say will always be innumerable in New York?
(a) Energy.
(b) Rascals.
(c) Rodents.
(d) Changes.

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

3. What is the most negative thing White mentions about the city?
(a) Its filth.
(b) Its crime.
(c) Its lack of manners.
(d) Its fast pace.

4. What does White attribute the ability for a man to change himself in New York to?
(a) Diversity.
(b) Crowds.
(c) Energy.
(d) Motivation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is White quick to agree on when talking about New York?

2. What does White have to ignore to continue loving New York?

3. What kind of publication was the first to print this book?

4. What does White say is an important thing that comes along with one of the gifts New York offers to all men?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who gives a good description of White?

2. What does White say separates most of the people in New York?

3. Why did White not want to do a certain something to the book before it was published?

4. What does White say the third kind of New York resident brings to the city?

5. What does White say is the second kind of person that lives in the city?

6. What does White attribute the unique nature of New York to?

7. What does White say is being taken away from New York with its uniqueness?

8. What is this book about?

9. What does White say is the first kind of person that lives in the city?

10. What does White say is the third kind of person that lives in the city?

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