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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What affects every human being?
(a) The aging process.
(b) Love and marriage.
(c) The inevitability of death.
(d) The birth of a baby.

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

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

5. Where in New York do Nora and Nick find a new apartment after Apthorp?
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) Central Park.
(c) Upper East side.
(d) Upper West side.

6. Where does Nora travel to with a friend to buy a purse?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York City.

7. Where does Nora find herself at the time she moves?
(a) Happily excited over a new job.
(b) Happily remarried.
(c) Happily in love with a new lover.
(d) Happily with child.

8. Why does Nora Ephron believe that her new bag will never go out of style?
(a) Because she has seen it advertised in fashion magazines.
(b) Because it was never in style.
(c) Because it is a timeless piece.
(d) Because Grace Kelly had a bag like her.

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

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

11. Who does Nora have imaginary conversations with?
(a) Actresses.
(b) Writers.
(c) Chefs.
(d) Nutritionists.

12. What subject does Nora Ephron claim other women do not answer honestly about when asked for their opinion?
(a) Physical characteristics.
(b) Divorce proceedings.
(c) Mental capacities.
(d) Marriage and friendships.

13. Why does Nora Ephron get frustrated carrying her purse around?
(a) She can never find anything in it.
(b) She ends up loading it up with too many things.
(c) The purse strains her shoulder.
(d) She finds it too heavy.

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

15. What topic does Nora think each women struggles with all on their own?
(a) Career choice.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Breast size.
(d) Physical appearance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Nora's purse give to women everywhere who cannot seem to make traditional purses work?

2. What has nothing to do with age?

3. What subject matter does Nora Ephron refuse to discuss in her book?

4. What kind of job is parenting?

5. Who does Nora eventually meet in her building?

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