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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 changed about Greenwich Village since White lived in New York?
(a) The kind of tenants.
(b) The purpose.
(c) The business hub.
(d) The look and feel.

2. What does White say the people in New York are constantly escaping?
(a) Destruction.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Hysteria.
(d) Crime heights.

3. What does White call himself as it relates to being a resident of New York?
(a) A once-upon-a-timer.
(b) A vacationer.
(c) An old timer.
(d) An all the timer.

4. Why does White say people will travel to New York from worlds away?
(a) To see what it has to offer.
(b) To compare their lives.
(c) To feel involved.
(d) TTo be a part of the iconoclasm.

5. What kind of person does White say would miss things about New York?
(a) An old timer.
(b) A long time resident.
(c) A young child.
(d) A visitor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did White die?

2. What does White say most people will feel about their visit to New York?

3. How does White say many visitors to New York get lost?

4. Which of the following was NOT on the list of nationalities living in New York?

5. What made White homeless for some time while living in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has changed about the mansions in New York since White lived there?

2. What does White say about the neighborhoods in New York?

3. What does White compare the feeling the city gives the citizens to?

4. What does White say he knows will skew the numbers he listed?

5. What part of the city does White describe in the most detail and why?

6. What did White try to keep a balance of while writing this book?

7. What are the two main reactions White says visitors to New York will have?

8. What does White say about the subterranean pipes in New York?

9. What does White say someone has to do to find good things in New York?

10. What does the piece say that White quotes about newcomers in New York?

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