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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 does Nora Ephron not like about her purse?
2. What feeling does Nora's purse give to women everywhere who cannot seem to make traditional purses work?
3. Who does adolescence change?
4. Where does Nora find herself at the time she moves?
5. Why does Nora Ephron believe that her new bag will never go out of style?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Nora think of manicures?
2. What is the first stage of parenting?
3. What happens when Nora finally gets reading glasses?
4. What does Nora do while she tries out recipes from her favorite cookbooks?
5. What is the premise of Nora Ephron's book "I Feel Bad About My Neck?"
6. Who are the people that move in and that Nora meets in her building and what happens with these relationships?
7. What does Nora Ephron not like about her neck?
8. Describe the second stage of parenting?
9. What is significant about Lee Bailey?
10. What types of maintenance are there?
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 advice and how many things a person figures out only after they have already made a mistake. Think of one mistake you have made so far in your life that you have now figured out. How would you have responded differently had you known? Replay the scenario. Take a different side and create an essay in which you learned from your mistake.
Essay Topic 3
Nora says that many books on the subject of aging are in the theme that older is better than younger. Nora boldly states that older is not better than younger. Do you agree with this? Do you agree that people should say "In my day?" Do you believe that it is the day of the younger generation? Give 3 reasons for your beliefs backed by examples from pop culture or American life.
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