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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 surrounding herself with something she loves, like her apartment, help her cope with?
(a) The loss of her dog.
(b) The loss of her children.
(c) The loss of her mother.
(d) The loss of love.

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

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

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

5. When Nora Ephron must work outside the home, what kind of purse does she end up getting?
(a) A clutch.
(b) A large plastic shopping bag.
(c) A Hermes bag.
(d) A hobo bag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What helps most people become inspired to cook?

2. What is the third stage of being a parent?

3. What does Nora Ephron's new purse bring her?

4. What is not easy to do as one ages?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Nora's thoughts on exercise?

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

4. What does Nora claim affects people more than anything else?

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

6. Who is Nora Ephron?

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

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

9. What is the symbolism of Nora's apartment?

10. What is the first stage of parenting?

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