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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the manager of Nora's building?
(a) Barbara Rosslyn.
(b) Barbara Ryland.
(c) Barbara Rosetti.
(d) Barbara Ross.

2. What does Nora say the struggle to read as you get older causes the need for?
(a) Contacts.
(b) Glasses.
(c) A magnifying glass.
(d) Bigger font.

3. According to Nora Ephron, what kind of advice helps you as a parent through the adolescent years?
(a) Dr. Spock.
(b) There is no advice that helps.
(c) Advice from women who have children the same age.
(d) Advice from trusted community doctors.

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

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

6. What is not easy to do as one ages?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Write.
(c) Read.
(d) Hear.

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

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 derriere.
(c) Her younger and more attractive neck.
(d) Her younger and more attractive hands.

9. What does Nora Ephron anticipate she will feel like if she gets a purse that is big enough to carry all of her things?
(a) A mule.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A pack horse.
(d) An airport traveler.

10. What does each stage of parenting bring?
(a) Pain, hope, faith, and love.
(b) Hope, love, worry, and faith.
(c) Joy, challenge, love, and worry.
(d) Worry, faith, challenge, and joy.

11. What happens to Nora as she exercises?
(a) She loses weight.
(b) She sweats indecently.
(c) She gets hurt.
(d) She discovers that she is uncoordinated.

12. 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) Dress for concealment.
(d) Turns to surgery.

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

14. Why does it seem pointless to answer honestly if a friend says you look great?
(a) Your friend wants to look better than you.
(b) You won't believe it anyway.
(c) Your friend is lying to you.
(d) You already know you look great.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Nora used to do to be rid of unwanted hairs?

2. What is happening to Nora's vision?

3. Why does Nora not need a purse for a time?

4. What item does Nora often lose?

5. What does Nora admit to doing to maintain her face?

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