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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far along was Nora in her pregnancy when she learns that her second husband is in love with another woman?
(a) Six months.
(b) Seven months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Three months.

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

3. How long was Nora married to her first husband?
(a) one year.
(b) Six years.
(c) three years.
(d) Ten years.

4. What does Nora savor after she has found the strudel?
(a) Pride.
(b) A hearty meal.
(c) Victory.
(d) Strudel.

5. Where did Nora claim her time was spent while she was at the White House?
(a) Walking the halls of the White House.
(b) Standing by a file cabinet.
(c) Making tea for the President.
(d) Sifting through paperwork.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Andre's Hungarian Bakery located?

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

3. How many times does Nora enter her own kitchen?

4. Who does Nora save when he gets locked in the nearby Men's room?

5. What did Nora's mother die of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Nora upset about not being able to find her favorite food since 1982?

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

4. Who are the two people that greatly influenced Nora in her life?

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

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

7. What is Nora's problem in college?

8. How does Nora feel about what happened between Bill and Monica?

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

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

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