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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 is something else that Nora has lost that is beyond her control?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her youth.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her sense of humor.

2. What do wise people want younger people to do?
(a) Become mentors.
(b) Write about advice.
(c) Take advice.
(d) Dispense advice.

3. What magazine article does Nora write when she realizes her life has changed and she is now a writer?
(a) A magazine article about being a New Yorker.
(b) A magazine article about having small breasts.
(c) A magazine article about living in Los Angeles.
(d) A magazine article about weight issues.

4. What is the good that comes of Nora's husband's affair while she is pregnant?
(a) Nora realizes the value of fiction.
(b) Nora realizes she loves her child.
(c) Nora finds a new man.
(d) Nora has a swift divorce.

5. What form of literature does Nora say can place her in rapture?
(a) Plays.
(b) Books.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Nora's first request for cabbage strudel is denied by the owner of Andre's bakery?

2. What bakery did Nora used to find her favorite cabbage strudel?

3. What city does Nora Ephron move to when she is five years old, but misses home and does not fit in?

4. What is Nora always on the lookout for?

5. What did Nora feel at the beginning of her relationship with Bill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nora's desk environment.

2. What does Nora say everyone has moments of?

3. Who are the two people that greatly influenced Nora in her life?

4. Why does Nora believe she was never propositioned by JFK?

5. How does Nora feel about what happened between Bill and Monica?

6. Why happens one day when JFK walks by Nora one day?

7. What favorite food does Nora share about?

8. What is the theme of the chapter?

9. How does Nora's career in journalism begin?

10. Describe the way in which Nora share her one liners?

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