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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. Why did White agree to write this book?
(a) His stepson worked for the company printing it.
(b) He loves New York.
(c) He was given a huge portion of the profits.
(d) His wife liked the idea.

2. What did White say changed New York the most?
(a) Literature.
(b) Politics.
(c) Time.
(d) Technology.

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

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

5. What kind of New York resident was the last that White talked about?
(a) The transplants.
(b) The lifers.
(c) The commuters.
(d) The born and bred.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why was White's book about the city so different from the reality?

4. Who explains the differences between the New York City written about and the current New York City?

5. Why is White's stepson happy that White can't see the city now?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What are the two main parts to White's description of New York?

6. What does White say is always innumerable in New York?

7. Who wrote the introduction to this book?

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

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

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

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