View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does White feel distant from New York?

2. What amazes White about New York?

3. How do police mostly do their patrols while White is writing this book?

4. What season is the usual tourist season in New York?

5. How many people does White say would be killed if an enemy used his suggested weapon on the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What about New York does White say is outlandish?

2. What is an interesting record that Manhattan holds?

3. What does White say all people in New York are looking for?

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

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

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

7. What does White say called him to New York?

8. What does White compare the city to?

9. How does White show the amazing variety of people living in New York?

10. What kind of things does White say will happen to someone who does not yet understand New York?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did White view as the worst change in New York, and why?

Essay Topic 2

What were some of the main pros and cons that White listed about New York, and how did they change his ideas of the city?

Essay Topic 3

Freedom was a crucial theme and symbol in this book. How was this theme presented, and how did its place in this story change your view of New York?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 586 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample