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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. What family relative moves into Nora's building?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her niece.
(d) Her sister.

2. How does Nora handle Bill's lies regarding Gennifer?
(a) She discredits them.
(b) She goes into denial.
(c) She knows the truth.
(d) She rationalized them away.

3. What is the name of the woman who admits to having an affair with JFK?
(a) Nina.
(b) Mimi.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Marilyn.

4. According to Nora Ephron, what kind of advice helps you as a parent through the adolescent years?
(a) Advice from women who have children the same age.
(b) Dr. Spock.
(c) There is no advice that helps.
(d) Advice from trusted community doctors.

5. What is the tragedy of lost food, according to Nora?
(a) It is something that average cooks cannot replicate.
(b) It becomes only a memory.
(c) It destroys one's love affair with food.
(d) It is only a matter of finding, but the finding is challenging.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the single ingredient that must be left out of every kitchen?

2. How does Nora's cooking style change?

3. When does the job of parenting end?

4. What newspaper is Nora given the change to write for, realizing her dream of being a journalist at the age of twenty-two?

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

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