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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 is not easy to do as one ages?

2. What is a cook's style very similar to?

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

4. What subject does Nora Ephron provide humorous insight into?

5. According to Nora, what did parents need to do once the "The Parenting Movement" began?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens after Nora gets a divorce?

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

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

5. What does Nora think of unwanted hairs and hair removal?

6. Describe the second stage of parenting?

7. What is significant about Lee Bailey?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nora Ephron talks about losing her eyesight and being frustrated because she finds it increasingly difficult to read. Write an essay on the power of literacy. In what ways does literacy affect our entire life? From communication, to obtaining a job, to understanding a political action, to having an informed opinion, or simply in understanding the world around you, there are so many ways literacy is part of daily life. Discuss 3 ways that literacy has changed your life. Describe how and why literacy is so necessary. Be sure to include at least 3 examples in your response.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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