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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 does Nora Ephon do so that others do not have to witness her aging body?
(a) Turns down social invitations.
(b) Turns to surgery.
(c) Stay indoors.
(d) Dress for concealment.

2. What is a cook's style very similar to?
(a) The way they lead their life.
(b) They way they treat others.
(c) They way they treat themselves.
(d) They way they fall in love.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the story of Nora's apartment essentially a story about?

2. Who is one of Nora's favorite chefs?

3. What helps most people become inspired to cook?

4. What item does Nora often lose?

5. What is happening to Nora's vision?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Nora's thoughts on exercise?

2. Describe the premise of the chapter "Blind as a Bat."

3. What types of maintenance are there?

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

5. What is significant about Lee Bailey?

6. What happens to Nora as she throws herself into the culinary arts?

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

8. What does Nora do while she tries out recipes from her favorite cookbooks?

9. What does the new purse Nora gets after returning from Paris look like?

10. What does Nora think of manicures?

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