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

2. What is Nora's most recent attempt at working out?
(a) She is training for a marathon.
(b) She has taken up dance classes.
(c) She has hired a trainer.
(d) She has begun to study yoga.

3. What age does Nora Ephron appear to be when she tells her anecdotes and stories?
(a) A woman having a mid-life crisis.
(b) A woman in her sixties.
(c) A woman in her twenties.
(d) A woman of any age.

4. How did Nora take care of her nails for many years?
(a) She bit her nails.
(b) She filed her nails.
(c) She went to the nail salon.
(d) She ignored her nails.

5. Who does Nora eventually meet in her building?
(a) Her old friend.
(b) Her old flame.
(c) Her future husband.
(d) Her new lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not guaranteed in a difficult recipe?

2. Where can you look for advice about parenting, but be advised that there are many different opinions?

3. What is the chapter "Blind as a Bat" and ode to?

4. What does each stage of parenting bring?

5. What does Nora want to happen even though she does not like to exercise?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe how Nora views her apartment in the beginning?

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

6. What are Nora's thoughts on exercise?

7. What types of maintenance are there?

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

9. What does Nora think of manicures?

10. What is significant about Lee Bailey?

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