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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Considering the Alternative.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second stage of parenting?
(a) pre-teen.
(b) adolescence.
(c) Young adulthood.
(d) the toddler years.

2. What do the contents of Nora's purse most resemble?
(a) Mary Poppin's bottomless carpet bag.
(b) Grace Kelly's Hermes bag.
(c) A bag lady's bag.
(d) A grocery gag.

3. What has nothing to do with age?
(a) Hearing loss.
(b) Skin texture.
(c) Eyesight.
(d) Genetics.

4. What does Nora give to the reader in the Chapter "Where I Live?"
(a) A piece of her heart.
(b) A snapshot of her ambitions.
(c) A visual description of her life.
(d) Advice on how to advance their career.

5. What subject does Nora Ephron provide humorous insight into?
(a) Being a woman expecting a child.
(b) Being an aging woman.
(c) Being a woman about to marry.
(d) Being a woman in love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Nora Ephron get frustrated carrying her purse around?

3. After the Bill and Monica affair, how does Nora view Bill and his character?

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

5. What does Nora infuse throughout the chapter "What I Wish I'd Known" that makes it easy to read?

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