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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nora Ephron must work outside the home, what kind of purse does she end up getting?
(a) A clutch.
(b) A hobo bag.
(c) A Hermes bag.
(d) A large plastic shopping bag.

2. What subject does Nora Ephron provide humorous insight into?
(a) Being an aging woman.
(b) Being a woman expecting a child.
(c) Being a woman in love.
(d) Being a woman about to marry.

3. Who is one of Nora's favorite chefs?
(a) Wolfgang Puck.
(b) Julia Child.
(c) Anthony Bourdain.
(d) Guy Savoy.

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

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

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

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

8. According to Nora Ephron, what about parenting is lacking?
(a) Good advice.
(b) Community support.
(c) Support from other parents.
(d) A manual and training.

9. What do the contents of Nora's purse most resemble?
(a) Mary Poppin's bottomless carpet bag.
(b) A grocery gag.
(c) A bag lady's bag.
(d) Grace Kelly's Hermes bag.

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

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

12. Who does adolescence change?
(a) The child and siblings.
(b) The child and parent.
(c) The parent and spouse.
(d) The parent and the neighbors.

13. What item does Nora often lose?
(a) Her magnifying glass.
(b) Her glasses.
(c) The script she is working on.
(d) The manuscript of the novel she has almost finished.

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

15. Who does Nora eventually meet in her building?
(a) Her new lover.
(b) Her old flame.
(c) Her future husband.
(d) Her old friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might some consider cooking to be?

2. What does Nora Ephron anticipate she will feel like if she gets a purse that is big enough to carry all of her things?

3. What does Nora claim that the obsession with maintenance of physical appearance is trying to ultimately do?

4. What does Nora now have on her face because of menopause?

5. When did Nora Ephron enjoy reading telephone books?

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