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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 167 - 213.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to her daughter's announcement, what was about to be made illegal because of a bill in Congress?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Tin cans.
(c) Cannabis.
(d) Aerosol spray cans.

2. How does Bombeck describe her family in "I'm Laughing So Hard I Can't Stop Crying?"
(a) Average.
(b) Combative.
(c) Hilarious.
(d) Talented.

3. What did Bombeck cite as being a problem with "The Star Spangled Banner?"
(a) The melody could hurt nonprofessional singers.
(b) Too many people deviate from the melody when singing it before a ballgame.
(c) Too many people do not know the words.
(d) The song is too long.

4. What was Bombeck's reaction to her daughter's announcement about the bill in Congress during "Have a Good Day"?
(a) She sprayed room deoderizer under her arm.
(b) She bought a pound of cannabis.
(c) She drank all of her wine.
(d) She opened every tin can in the house and served the collected food as a casserole.

5. Why was a doctor's appointment no longer an excusable absence at work?
(a) The employee needed to keep their health insurance costs down.
(b) The office could not confirm if the employee had a doctor's appointment.
(c) The employee can only leave for doctor's appointments for the children.
(d) If the person is well enough to go the doctor, they are well enough to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was I.Dunno incapable of doing on time?

2. Of what did Lorraine Suggs accuse her husband?

3. What was better than backhand, according to Bombeck's tennis advice?

4. In Bombeck's letter corrections, to what was "toilet trained" changed?"

5. In "Why Can't Our Average Little Family Get Their Own TV Series?" what exists in order to break up the action of a piece?

(see the answer key)

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