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

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

3. What is Nora always on the lookout for?
(a) The next great actress.
(b) The next great play.
(c) The next great movie.
(d) The next great book.

4. What political issue does Nora wish Bill would speak out against?
(a) Global warming.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) Gay rights.
(d) The war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Andre's Hungarian Bakery located?

2. What city does Nora Ephron move to when she is five years old, but misses home and does not fit in?

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

4. During the writing of the script of what movie does Nora come face to face with a Rorschach, meaning that when you ask a group of people about a particular event, everyone will have a different answer?

5. Who does Bill lie about that Nora rationalizes away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nora say everyone has moments of?

2. Describe Nora's desk environment.

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

4. What happens when Nora sees Bill on TV again?

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

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

7. What does Nora say about wisdom?

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

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

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

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