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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nora's most recent attempt at working out?
(a) She has taken up dance classes.
(b) She has begun to study yoga.
(c) She is training for a marathon.
(d) She has hired a trainer.

2. What does Nora Ephron enjoy about reading?
(a) The juicy plot.
(b) The escape.
(c) Storytelling.
(d) Everything.

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

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

5. What subject matter does Nora Ephron refuse to discuss in her book?
(a) No subject matter is untouchable.
(b) Relationships.
(c) Health and beauty.
(d) Fashion and style.

6. How does Nora feel about her declining eyesight?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Humored.
(c) Accepting.
(d) Saddened.

7. What kind of maintenance overwhelms Nora?
(a) Body maintenance.
(b) Skin maintenance.
(c) Fashion maintenance.
(d) Hair maintenance.

8. What is it like living in Nora's apartment in the beginning?
(a) Blaze.
(b) Heartache.
(c) Bliss.
(d) Comforting.

9. What happens in Nora Ephron's marriage as she is experimenting in the culinary world?
(a) She is left for another woman.
(b) She gets a divorce.
(c) She cheats on her husband.
(d) She has another child.

10. What maintenance requirement does Nora question?
(a) Getting a massage.
(b) Getting a manicure.
(c) Getting a facial.
(d) Getting a pedicure.

11. What is the story of Nora's apartment essentially a story about?
(a) Loss.
(b) Love.
(c) Hope.
(d) Kindness.

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

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

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

15. What does Nora Ephon do so that others do not have to witness her aging body?
(a) Dress for concealment.
(b) Turns to surgery.
(c) Turns down social invitations.
(d) Stay indoors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nora have imaginary conversations with?

2. What family relative moves into Nora's building?

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

4. What affects every human being?

5. What is a cook's style very similar to?

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