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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Rapture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nora say the struggle to read as you get older causes the need for?
(a) Contacts.
(b) Bigger font.
(c) Glasses.
(d) A magnifying glass.

2. Who does Bill lie about that Nora rationalizes away?
(a) Gennifer.
(b) Hillary.
(c) Linda.
(d) Monica.

3. Where can you look for advice about parenting, but be advised that there are many different opinions?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Books.
(c) Best friends.
(d) Other parents.

4. According to Nora, what does a great story do?
(a) Helps to unravel and solve their own problems.
(b) Provides distraction from their everyday life.
(c) Causes them to forget their life.
(d) Pulls the reader in and takes them off in their imagination.

5. What item does Nora often lose?
(a) Her glasses.
(b) The manuscript of the novel she has almost finished.
(c) Her magnifying glass.
(d) The script she is working on.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nora Ephron get frustrated carrying her purse around?

2. Who does adolescence change?

3. What do women seldom do as they get older?

4. What does Nora savor after she has found the strudel?

5. Where does Nora travel to with a friend to buy a purse?

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