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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parenting in Three Stages.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nora claim that the obsession with maintenance of physical appearance is trying to ultimately do?
(a) Turn back the clock.
(b) Lead to better health.
(c) Transform oneself.
(d) Lead to vitality.

2. What did Nora used to do to be rid of unwanted hairs?
(a) Use hair bleach.
(b) Shave them.
(c) Pluck them out.
(d) Ignore them.

3. When did Nora Ephron enjoy reading telephone books?
(a) When she worked on scripts.
(b) On break between novels.
(c) When she was a young reporter.
(d) In the evenings after work.

4. According to Nora, what did parents need to do once the "The Parenting Movement" began?
(a) Change their child.
(b) Educate their child.
(c) Let their child lead.
(d) Become child-centered.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third stage of being a parent?

2. What has nothing to do with age?

3. What maintenance requirement does Nora question?

4. What body part does Nora share how she most deeply feels in the opening of the book?

5. What topic does Nora think each women struggles with all on their own?

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