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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What changes as Nora moves from an apartment she loves to a place where she lives?
(a) Her job.
(b) Her mode of transportation.
(c) Her life.
(d) Her relationship.

2. What does Nora miss being able to read?
(a) The telephone book.
(b) Magazine articles.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) Novels.

3. What might some consider cooking to be?
(a) An expression.
(b) An art.
(c) A chore.
(d) An inspiration.

4. What does Nora Ephron say she wishes she would have enjoyed and appreciated in her life?
(a) Her younger and more attractive neck.
(b) Her younger and more attractive decolletage.
(c) Her younger and more attractive derriere.
(d) Her younger and more attractive hands.

5. Why does Nora not need a purse for a time?
(a) She works from home.
(b) She carries very little around with her.
(c) She uses a backpack instead.
(d) She rebels.

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

7. How did Nora take care of her nails for many years?
(a) She bit her nails.
(b) She ignored her nails.
(c) She filed her nails.
(d) She went to the nail salon.

8. What does the effects of eyesight going bad affect?
(a) Almost everything a person does.
(b) Reading books.
(c) Being able to read telephone books, menus, and pill bottles.
(d) Writing novels.

9. What kinds of books is Nora most interested in?
(a) Fictional book.
(b) History books.
(c) Cookbooks.
(d) Art books.

10. What is the name of the manager of Nora's building?
(a) Barbara Ross.
(b) Barbara Rosslyn.
(c) Barbara Rosetti.
(d) Barbara Ryland.

11. When does the job of parenting end?
(a) The death of the parent.
(b) When the child begins adolescence.
(c) After the age of 18.
(d) When the child marries.

12. What family relative moves into Nora's building?
(a) Her niece.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her uncle.

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

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

15. According to Nora Ephron, what kind of advice helps you as a parent through the adolescent years?
(a) Dr. Spock.
(b) There is no advice that helps.
(c) Advice from trusted community doctors.
(d) Advice from women who have children the same age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second stage of parenting?

2. What kind of maintenance overwhelms Nora?

3. What maintenance requirement does Nora question?

4. How does Nora feel about her declining eyesight?

5. What changes in Nora's life as her cooking style changes?

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