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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. How long was Nora married to her first husband?
(a) Ten years.
(b) three years.
(c) Six years.
(d) one year.

2. What form of literature does Nora say can place her in rapture?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Plays.
(c) Books.
(d) Movies.

3. What does most of the advice that Nora offers fall under the umbrella of?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Education.
(d) Benefits of age.

4. What happens after Nora's first request for cabbage strudel is denied by the owner of Andre's bakery?
(a) Andre opens a second bakery with the strudel.
(b) Nora's friend demands the strudel for her.
(c) Andre tells Nora the strudel is officially off the menu.
(d) Nora gets the recipe to make it herself.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nora say is easy to do when it comes to advice?

3. What kind of approach does Nora take when giving advice?

4. How many times does Nora enter her own kitchen?

5. What has happened in New York that does not detour Nora Ephron from living there?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Nora's problem in college?

5. What favorite food does Nora share about?

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

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

8. What kind of relationship does Nora have with the characters she reads about in books?

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

10. What is the theme of the chapter?

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