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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lost Strudel or Le Strudel Perdu.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nora Ephron get frustrated carrying her purse around?
(a) The purse strains her shoulder.
(b) She finds it too heavy.
(c) She can never find anything in it.
(d) She ends up loading it up with too many things.

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

3. What do women seldom do as they get older?
(a) Watch what they eat.
(b) Wear spaghetti straps.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Look in the mirror.

4. How much does Nora Ephron's friend plan on spending on her vintage purse?
(a) Twenty-six hundred dollars.
(b) Fifteen hundred dollars.
(c) Sixty dollars.
(d) Two thousand dollars.

5. What does Nora surrounding herself with something she loves, like her apartment, help her cope with?
(a) The loss of her dog.
(b) The loss of her mother.
(c) The loss of love.
(d) The loss of her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first stage of parenting?

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

3. What does Nora Ephon do so that others do not have to witness her aging body?

4. When Nora Ephron must work outside the home, what kind of purse does she end up getting?

5. What is the third stage of being a parent?

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