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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the single ingredient that must be left out of every kitchen?
(a) Heart.
(b) Control.
(c) Precision.
(d) Stress.

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

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

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

7. When does the job of parenting end?
(a) When the child marries.
(b) When the child begins adolescence.
(c) After the age of 18.
(d) The death of the parent.

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

9. What is the second stage of parenting?
(a) the toddler years.
(b) pre-teen.
(c) adolescence.
(d) Young adulthood.

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

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

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

13. What helps most people become inspired to cook?
(a) A catered event.
(b) An inspirational chef.
(c) A great cookbook.
(d) An incredible restaurant.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has every woman tried to do with her purse?

2. What profession is Nora Ephron a critically acclaimed success?

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

4. What does each stage of parenting bring?

5. How did Nora take care of her nails for many years?

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