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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Maintenance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What age does Nora Ephron appear to be when she tells her anecdotes and stories?
(a) A woman in her twenties.
(b) A woman having a mid-life crisis.
(c) A woman of any age.
(d) A woman in her sixties.

2. What does Nora use as daily skin maintenance?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Potions in bottles and jars.
(d) Photo-facials.

3. What has every woman tried to do with her purse?
(a) Keep it clean.
(b) Make it work.
(c) Style it with an outfit.
(d) Wear it out.

4. How much does Nora Ephron's friend plan on spending on her vintage purse?
(a) Fifteen hundred dollars.
(b) Two thousand dollars.
(c) Twenty-six hundred dollars.
(d) Sixty dollars.

5. When Nora Ephron must work outside the home, what kind of purse does she end up getting?
(a) A Hermes bag.
(b) A clutch.
(c) A large plastic shopping bag.
(d) A hobo bag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nora Ephron's new purse bring her?

2. What happens to Nora as she exercises?

3. What feeling does Nora's purse give to women everywhere who cannot seem to make traditional purses work?

4. What happens in Nora Ephron's marriage as she is experimenting in the culinary world?

5. Which body part does Nora Ephron believe shows age the most?

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