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

2. When was the last time Nora was able to find cabbage strudel?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1985.

3. What does Nora do with the classics?
(a) She decorates her home with them.
(b) She reads them over and over.
(c) She makes scripts from them.
(d) She keeps them on her bookshelf.

4. What does a reader specifically pick out a book in the hopes of doing?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Escaping.
(c) Learning.
(d) Sharing.

5. How does Nora feel about her divorces?
(a) She is deeply affected.
(b) She is sad but moves on.
(c) She feels free of obligation.
(d) She is reminiscent of the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nora compare the rapture of a great book to?

2. What does Nora believe Bill did as a result of his affair with Monica?

3. What is Nora always on the lookout for?

4. According to Nora, what is a small but valued plus to living in New York City?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What favorite food does Nora share about?

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

3. What is Nora's problem in college?

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

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

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

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

8. What political issue makes Nora unwilling to support Bill?

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

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

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