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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 happens to Nora as she exercises?
(a) She sweats indecently.
(b) She gets hurt.
(c) She discovers that she is uncoordinated.
(d) She loses weight.

2. What has every woman tried to do with her purse?
(a) Keep it clean.
(b) Style it with an outfit.
(c) Wear it out.
(d) Make it work.

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

4. Which body part does Nora Ephron believe shows age the most?
(a) The neck.
(b) The stomach.
(c) The lips.
(d) The decolletage.

5. What does the effects of eyesight going bad affect?
(a) Writing novels.
(b) Almost everything a person does.
(c) Being able to read telephone books, menus, and pill bottles.
(d) Reading books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nora eventually meet in her building?

2. What is not guaranteed in a difficult recipe?

3. What is the second stage of parenting?

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

5. What subject matter does Nora Ephron refuse to discuss in her book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the people that move in and that Nora meets in her building and what happens with these relationships?

2. What is the first stage of parenting?

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

4. What happens after Nora gets a divorce?

5. What does Nora think of manicures?

6. Who is Nora Ephron?

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

8. Why does Nora travel to Paris?

9. What does Nora not like about her own purse?

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

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