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

2. According to Nora, what is a small but valued plus to living in New York City?
(a) The shopping.
(b) Having a doorman.
(c) The art and culture.
(d) The subway.

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

4. What kind of advice does Nora mostly dispense in the chapter "What I Wish I'd Known"?
(a) Advice on emails.
(b) Advice on money.
(c) Advice on aging.
(d) Advice on self-help.

5. 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?
(a) Silkwood.
(b) Julie & Julia.
(c) Sleepless in Seattle.
(d) When Harry Met Sally.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Nora, what keeps people going as they search for something they have lost?

2. What does a reader specifically pick out a book in the hopes of doing?

3. What does most of the advice that Nora offers fall under the umbrella of?

4. Where is Andre's Hungarian Bakery located?

5. After the Bill and Monica affair, how does Nora view Bill and his character?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the advantages of Nora's neighborhood?

3. Why does Nora believe she was never propositioned by JFK?

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

5. What is the theme of the chapter?

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

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

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

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

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

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