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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What changes in Nora's life as her cooking style changes?
(a) Nora's taste in home decor.
(b) Nora's philosophy on life.
(c) Nora's attitude towards friends.
(d) Nora's clothing style.

5. What might some consider cooking to be?
(a) A chore.
(b) An art.
(c) An inspiration.
(d) An expression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does Nora Ephron provide humorous insight into?

2. Where does Nora travel to with a friend to buy a purse?

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

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

5. Who does Nora have imaginary conversations with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nora's interest in cookbooks begin?

2. Describe the second stage of parenting?

3. What does Nora think of unwanted hairs and hair removal?

4. What is happening to Nora's eyesight and what is she having trouble doing?

5. What is wrong with Nora Ephron's neck, besides age and what does she wish she would have enjoyed more?

6. What does Nora Ephron not like about her neck?

7. What is the premise of Nora Ephron's book "I Feel Bad About My Neck?"

8. What kind of a job is parenting?

9. Who is Nora Ephron?

10. What is significant about Lee Bailey?

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