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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 happening to Nora's vision?
(a) She is developing cataracts.
(b) It is changing.
(c) She is experiencing double vision.
(d) It is blurring.

2. What body part does Nora share how she most deeply feels in the opening of the book?
(a) Her feet.
(b) Her face.
(c) Her neck.
(d) Her hands.

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

4. According to Nora, what did parents need to do once the "The Parenting Movement" began?
(a) Let their child lead.
(b) Become child-centered.
(c) Change their child.
(d) Educate their child.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nora admit to doing to maintain her face?

3. What maintenance requirement does Nora question?

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

5. What does Nora now have on her face because of menopause?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Nora travel to Paris?

3. What is the first stage of parenting?

4. What kind of a job is parenting?

5. What is the third stage of parenting?

6. What happens when Nora finally gets reading glasses?

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

8. What is significant about Lee Bailey?

9. What does Nora think of manicures?

10. Who is Nora Ephron?

(see the answer keys)

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