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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. According to Nora Ephron, what about parenting is lacking?
(a) A manual and training.
(b) Good advice.
(c) Support from other parents.
(d) Community support.

2. What do women seldom do as they get older?
(a) Wear spaghetti straps.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Watch what they eat.
(d) Look in the mirror.

3. What is not guaranteed in a difficult recipe?
(a) Proper measurements.
(b) Care and craftsmanship.
(c) Quality ingredients.
(d) Taste.

4. 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 love.
(c) The loss of her mother.
(d) The loss of her children.

5. Who is one of Nora's favorite chefs?
(a) Anthony Bourdain.
(b) Wolfgang Puck.
(c) Julia Child.
(d) Guy Savoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nora Ephron say she wishes she would have enjoyed and appreciated in her life?

2. What has nothing to do with age?

3. What does Nora use as daily skin maintenance?

4. What profession is Nora Ephron a critically acclaimed success?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nora do while she tries out recipes from her favorite cookbooks?

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

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

4. What types of maintenance are there?

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

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

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

8. Why does Nora travel to Paris?

9. What are Nora's thoughts on exercise?

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

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