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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 is training for a marathon.
(b) She has hired a trainer.
(c) She has begun to study yoga.
(d) She has taken up dance classes.

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Nora take care of her nails for many years?
(a) She ignored her nails.
(b) She went to the nail salon.
(c) She bit her nails.
(d) She filed her nails.

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

9. What is the first stage of parenting?
(a) The child breastfeeding.
(b) The child being born.
(c) The child learning to walk.
(d) Pregnancy.

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

11. According to Nora, what did parents need to do once the "The Parenting Movement" began?
(a) Change their child.
(b) Become child-centered.
(c) Educate their child.
(d) Let their child lead.

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

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

14. What is the name of Nora's apartment building?
(a) Applethorn.
(b) Apthorp.
(c) Thornton.
(d) Apthorn.

15. What does Nora surrounding herself with something she loves, like her apartment, help her cope with?
(a) The loss of her mother.
(b) The loss of her dog.
(c) The loss of love.
(d) The loss of her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of laws change as Nora is living in her new apartment?

2. When does the job of parenting end?

3. What is happening to Nora's vision?

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

5. What happens to Nora as she exercises?

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