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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 first stage of parenting?
(a) The child being born.
(b) The child learning to walk.
(c) Pregnancy.
(d) The child breastfeeding.

2. How much does Nora pay for Dr. Hauschka's lemon bath?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Fifty dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Fifteen dollars.

3. What kind of laws change as Nora is living in her new apartment?
(a) Air conditioning laws.
(b) Rent stabilization.
(c) Building code laws.
(d) Laws on pets.

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's friend Henry prepares to die, what does he name his file on his desktop that houses all of his paperwork?
(a) Exit.
(b) Denouement.
(c) End of the Road.
(d) Adios.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bakery did Nora used to find her favorite cabbage strudel?

2. What does the effects of eyesight going bad affect?

3. What does Nora mention she is unable to finish because so is so enraptured by a book?

4. What does Nora offer the reader as she dispenses her advice and wisdom?

5. When did Nora Ephron enjoy reading telephone books?

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