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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 does Nora compare the rapture of a great book to?
(a) A love affair.
(b) A dance.
(c) A diver.
(d) Nature.

2. What magazine article does Nora write when she realizes her life has changed and she is now a writer?
(a) A magazine article about having small breasts.
(b) A magazine article about being a New Yorker.
(c) A magazine article about living in Los Angeles.
(d) A magazine article about weight issues.

3. What does Nora question in regarding to her time with Bill?
(a) What love even is.
(b) Her self-worth.
(c) What friendship is.
(d) Her value to Bill.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is something else that Nora has lost that is beyond her control?

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

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

4. What can Nora find within a two block radius of her apartment?

5. How far along was Nora in her pregnancy when she learns that her second husband is in love with another woman?

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

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

4. Describe Nora and Bill's relationship in the beginning?

5. What does Nora say everyone has moments of?

6. What does Nora believe makes a great story?

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

8. What is Nora's problem in college?

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

10. What are the advantages of Nora's apartment?

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