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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. In what city does Nora Ephron live?
(a) New York City.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Boston.

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

3. What does Nora mention she is unable to finish because so is so enraptured by a book?
(a) Cleaning her home.
(b) Writing a movie script.
(c) Editing a movie.
(d) A meal.

4. What is Nora always on the lookout for?
(a) The next great movie.
(b) The next great actress.
(c) The next great play.
(d) The next great book.

5. What does Nora compare the rapture of a great book to?
(a) A dance.
(b) A diver.
(c) A love affair.
(d) Nature.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Nora claim her time was spent while she was at the White House?

3. What is Nora impressed by when she sees Bill on television?

4. What is the biggest pro to living in a small apartment in New York?

5. How many times does Nora enter her own kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the advantages of Nora's neighborhood?

2. What political issue makes Nora unwilling to support Bill?

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

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

5. What have books done for Nora, ever since she was a child?

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

7. What happens when Nora sees Bill on TV again?

8. Describe the success that happens on Nora's quest for the cabbage strudel.

9. What kind of relationship does Nora have with the characters she reads about in books?

10. What favorite food does Nora share about?

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