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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of laws change as Nora is living in her new apartment?
(a) Laws on pets.
(b) Building code laws.
(c) Rent stabilization.
(d) Air conditioning laws.

2. Why does Nora Ephron get frustrated carrying her purse around?
(a) She ends up loading it up with too many things.
(b) She can never find anything in it.
(c) She finds it too heavy.
(d) The purse strains her shoulder.

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

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

5. What kind of maintenance overwhelms Nora?
(a) Body maintenance.
(b) Fashion maintenance.
(c) Skin maintenance.
(d) Hair maintenance.

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

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

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

9. What does the effects of eyesight going bad affect?
(a) Writing novels.
(b) Almost everything a person does.
(c) Being able to read telephone books, menus, and pill bottles.
(d) Reading books.

10. How much does Nora Ephron's friend plan on spending on her vintage purse?
(a) Twenty-six hundred dollars.
(b) Two thousand dollars.
(c) Fifteen hundred dollars.
(d) Sixty dollars.

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

12. 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.

13. Why does Nora Ephron believe that her new bag will never go out of style?
(a) Because Grace Kelly had a bag like her.
(b) Because it is a timeless piece.
(c) Because she has seen it advertised in fashion magazines.
(d) Because it was never in style.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Nora as she exercises?

2. What changes as Nora moves from an apartment she loves to a place where she lives?

3. What helps most people become inspired to cook?

4. According to Nora Ephron, what does every woman want?

5. What is the single ingredient that must be left out of every kitchen?

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