View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of Nora's favorite foods?
(a) Cabbage soup.
(b) Cabbage strudel.
(c) Cabbage slaw.
(d) Cabbage pie.

2. According to Nora, what keeps people going as they search for something they have lost?
(a) Regret.
(b) Hope.
(c) Remorse.
(d) Pride.

3. What has happened in New York that does not detour Nora Ephron from living there?
(a) Political corruption.
(b) The rise of the crime rate.
(c) Neighborhood prostitution rings.
(d) 9/11.

4. What does Nora remember about the books that she reads?
(a) The intriguing plot.
(b) The characters.
(c) Where she was when she read them.
(d) The problems of her life she is reminded of.

5. After Nora sees Bill on television again, what does she think to herself?
(a) She'll forgive him but move on.
(b) She'll move on entirely and without forgiveness.
(c) She'll give him another chance.
(d) She feels pity for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the character of Sally most resemble in the film "When Harry Met Sally?"

2. Under what political circumstance does Nora Ephron refuse to support Bill?

3. What did Nora feel at the beginning of her relationship with Bill?

4. What does Nora question in regarding to her time with Bill?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nora begin talking about when describing her life in New York?

2. What is the relationship that Nora draws between the reader and a diver?

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

4. Describe the way in which Nora share her one liners?

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

6. How does Nora's career in journalism begin?

7. What does Nora believe makes a great story?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 792 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample