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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of job is parenting?

2. What does Nora Ephron enjoy about reading?

3. What is it like living in Nora's apartment in the beginning?

4. What does Nora Ephron not like about her purse?

5. What maintenance requirement does Nora question?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Nora Ephron?

3. What is the third stage of parenting?

4. What is the first stage of parenting?

5. What kind of a job is parenting?

6. What happens when Nora finally gets reading glasses?

7. What are Nora's thoughts on exercise?

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

9. What types of maintenance are there?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nora talks about her friend Judy and Henry. Judy found a lump on her tongue and only lived for a year while Henry lived until he was eighty-two. Henry had time to prepare, so much so that he had a folder on his desktop that was titled "Exit". Write an essay comparing and contrasting the death experience of Judy and Henry. Write about 5 pros and 5 cons of each? Finally, how would like your life to play out?

Essay Topic 2

Nora talks about falling in love with an apartment as part of her recovery from a broken marriage. She makes her surroundings something she loves so as to help her cope with the loss of love in her life. This action is almost literature based. Write an essay on pieces of classical literature that mirror this exact sentiment. Find 3 examples and find evidence within the prose to discuss in your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Nora talks about many one liners that offer advice, humor, comfort, and are thought provoking in her chapter titled "What I Wish I'd Known" There are no themes. Write an essay on what you wish you'd known about life. Include humorous, comforting, and thought provoking remarks and even some anecdotes. Provide examples of the times where your life could have been different had you known a certain thing - or two.

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