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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What has nothing to do with age?
(a) Eyesight.
(b) Genetics.
(c) Hearing loss.
(d) Skin texture.

4. What is the name of Nora's new man in her life?
(a) Nick.
(b) Sam.
(c) Albert.
(d) Pete.

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

6. What is a cook's style very similar to?
(a) They way they treat others.
(b) They way they fall in love.
(c) The way they lead their life.
(d) They way they treat themselves.

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

8. 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 derriere.
(d) Her younger and more attractive hands.

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

10. What does Nora Ephron's new purse bring her?
(a) Organizational skills.
(b) Style.
(c) Clarity.
(d) Happiness.

11. What did Nora used to do to be rid of unwanted hairs?
(a) Pluck them out.
(b) Ignore them.
(c) Use hair bleach.
(d) Shave them.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first stage of parenting?

2. According to Nora Ephron, what about parenting is lacking?

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

4. Which body part does Nora Ephron believe shows age the most?

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

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