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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Nora, what does a great story do?

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

3. What is the name of the woman who admits to having an affair with JFK?

4. Who tells Nora about Andre's Hungarian Bakery opening?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What favorite food does Nora share about?

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

5. What happens to Nora when she is seven months pregnant that changes the course of her life entirely?

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

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

8. What is the theme of the chapter?

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

10. Why happens one day when JFK walks by Nora one day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nora Ephron discusses "The Parenting Movement", which began just before Nora had kids. Write an essay on the past 50 years of the social interpretation of child rearing. If possible, outline the theories that have been offered over time and if they have served parents or not. . Include 3 major researchers and their findings (doctors, psychologists, etc). FInally, end your essay with your own social commentary of parenting What is it that you believe is good advice to follow when raising a child?

Essay Topic 2

Nora Ephron talks about the glamour and public intrigue with the Kennedy White House. It was deemed the time of "Camelot". America has a love affair with fame. Fame sometimes serves as a justification for living. Write an essay on the reality of fame, public intrigue, and glamour. Refer to 3 contemporary "stars" and how fame and fortune have affected their life, either for good or for not. Explain how public people often have to protect their private life and how fame might just be an illusion to happiness.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the Bill and Monica scandal. Looking back on this scandal, compared with the politics going on in the world at that time, does the scandal seems inconsequential? Or not? Describe 3 reasons the scandal was as blown up as it was, according to the sociological factors influencing the media at the time. Lastly, do you think the scandal should have been so publicly acknowledged? Was the media's influence on it inappropriate or do Americans have the right to know everything about their leader? Include the opinion of experts as well as your own.

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