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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What changes in Nora's life as her cooking style changes?
(a) Nora's attitude towards friends.
(b) Nora's taste in home decor.
(c) Nora's philosophy on life.
(d) Nora's clothing style.

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

3. What age does Nora Ephron appear to be when she tells her anecdotes and stories?
(a) A woman having a mid-life crisis.
(b) A woman of any age.
(c) A woman in her sixties.
(d) A woman in her twenties.

4. What feeling does Nora's purse give to women everywhere who cannot seem to make traditional purses work?
(a) Fear.
(b) Doom.
(c) Joy.
(d) Hope.

5. What does Nora admit to doing to maintain her face?
(a) Having regular facials.
(b) Getting a face lift.
(c) Getting chemical peels.
(d) Using Botox and Restylane.

6. What kind of job is parenting?
(a) An inspiring job.
(b) A difficult job.
(c) A humbling job.
(d) A lifetime job.

7. What is the third stage of being a parent?
(a) When the child has children.
(b) When the child marries.
(c) When the child goes to college.
(d) When the child leaves the home.

8. What do women seldom do as they get older?
(a) Wear spaghetti straps.
(b) Look in the mirror.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Watch what they eat.

9. How does Nora's cooking style change?
(a) It moves from casual to gourmet.
(b) It moves from simple to complicated.
(c) It moves from gourmet to casual.
(d) It moves from complicated to simple.

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

11. What does Nora want to happen even though she does not like to exercise?
(a) Get flexible.
(b) Improve her stamina.
(c) Improve her strength.
(d) Get into shape.

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

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

14. What does Nora Ephron not like about her purse?
(a) That it is cumbersome.
(b) That it doesn't come in a color she likes.
(c) That it is unorganized.
(d) That it does not have pockets.

15. What is the chapter "Blind as a Bat" and ode to?
(a) Writing.
(b) A Grecian urn.
(c) Fashion.
(d) Reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it like living in Nora's apartment in the beginning?

2. What subject does Nora Ephron claim other women do not answer honestly about when asked for their opinion?

3. What happens to Nora as she exercises?

4. What does Nora Ephon do so that others do not have to witness her aging body?

5. What subject does Nora Ephron provide humorous insight into?

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