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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What leads to Nora's personal story of being an intern at the White House while JFK was President?
(a) She tries to publish a White House memoir.
(b) She publicly admits to having an affair with JFK.
(c) She prints a copy of a news article on Mimi Fahnestock's affair.
(d) Her college asks her for a review of her internship.

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

3. What is Nora impressed by when she sees Bill on television?
(a) How he holds himself among a crowd.
(b) How he is dressed.
(c) How he looks and sounds.
(d) The rhythm in which he speaks.

4. What did Nora feel at the beginning of her relationship with Bill?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Envy.
(c) Spite.
(d) Love.

5. What does a reader specifically pick out a book in the hopes of doing?
(a) Learning.
(b) Escaping.
(c) Sharing.
(d) Understanding.

6. What is Nora's neighborhood like?
(a) It is clean and quiet.
(b) There are all types of stores and services.
(c) There are many urban projects.
(d) It is near Central Park.

7. How many times does Nora enter her own kitchen?
(a) Nora does not cook.
(b) Hundreds of times a day
(c) A couple of times a day.
(d) When a meal is being prepared.

8. Why does Nora believe she was never propositioned by JFK?
(a) She had bad hair and clothes.
(b) She was overweight.
(c) She was not a blonde.
(d) She was not agreeable enough.

9. What is Nora's biggest issue in college?
(a) Her living quarters.
(b) Her boyfriend.
(c) Her academics.
(d) Her weight.

10. What bakery did Nora used to find her favorite cabbage strudel?
(a) Mrs. Herb's Hungarian Bakery.
(b) Mrs. Herbst's Hungarian Bakery.
(c) Mrs. Hebet's Hungarian Bakery.
(d) Mrs. Herbert's Hungarian Bakery.

11. Who tells Nora about Andre's Hungarian Bakery opening?
(a) A chef.
(b) A waitress.
(c) A food writer.
(d) A food critic.

12. Which "Bill" is Nora referring to in the chapter "Me and Bill?"
(a) Bill Buckley.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Bill Cosby.
(d) Bill Gates.

13. Who does Nora save when he gets locked in the nearby Men's room?
(a) The Vice-President.
(b) The President.
(c) A Supreme Court Justice.
(d) The Speaker of the House.

14. Who does Nora equate her computer addiction to?
(a) politicians
(b) Drug addicts.
(c) Adulterers.
(d) Couch potatoes.

15. How does Nora describe herself as she sits in front of her computer?
(a) a computer addict
(b) A workaholic
(c) Jittery and anxious
(d) A mouse potato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nora mention she is unable to finish because so is so enraptured by a book?

2. What is the tragedy of lost food, according to Nora?

3. According to Nora, what is a small but valued plus to living in New York City?

4. Why does Nora think the advice she gives might not be heard?

5. How does Nora relate to the characters in her favorite novels?

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