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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Nora's purse give to women everywhere who cannot seem to make traditional purses work?

2. What maintenance requirement does Nora question?

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

4. What kind of job is parenting?

5. What is not guaranteed in a difficult recipe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Nora's thoughts on exercise?

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

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

4. Describe the second stage of parenting?

5. What does Nora's final decision about her new, waterproof, roomy purse do for other women trying to make traditional purses work?

6. What does Nora think of manicures?

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

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

9. What types of maintenance are there?

10. Who is Nora Ephron?

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