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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nora say comes with age?

2. Where is JFK walking to when he walks past Nora and asks her a question?

3. What does Nora give to the reader in the Chapter "Where I Live?"

4. What does Nora cause the reader to think about as they read about where she lives?

5. What does Nora question in regarding to her time with Bill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the theme of the chapter?

2. What event leads to Nora's personal story of being an intern at the White House while JFK was President?

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

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

5. What is the point of discussing a lost food?

6. What does Nora say everyone has moments of?

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

8. Describe Nora's job at the White House.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Western Standard of Beauty? Where did it originate? Why is it so mesmerizing? Write an essay on how standards of beauty are put into place and the positive and negative consequences of defining beauty in a society, especially young girls. Use at least 3 examples of Western Beauty in your response and back your analysis up with real life examples, case studies, etc.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the Bill and Monica scandal. Looking back on this scandal, compared with the politics going on in the world at that time, does the scandal seems inconsequential? Or not? Describe 3 reasons the scandal was as blown up as it was, according to the sociological factors influencing the media at the time. Lastly, do you think the scandal should have been so publicly acknowledged? Was the media's influence on it inappropriate or do Americans have the right to know everything about their leader? Include the opinion of experts as well as your own.

Essay Topic 3

Nora describes her time as an intern at the White House while JFK served as President. That time in history is often viewed as glamourous and filled with public intrigue. Write an essay on the Kennedy White House. Include the social, political, and economic climate of the time period and how it influence the culture of the United States. Be sure to add in new articles, quotes, and relevant historical data. Cite your sources.

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