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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 41 - 86.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Bombeck worried that scientists would discover?
(a) Exercise decreased one's lifespan.
(b) Pantyhose would be bad for you.
(c) Lettuce was fattening.
(d) Wine had no health benefits.

2. What was Bombeck's final pet peeve with her husband in "If You Thought the Wedding Was Bad"?
(a) Talking back to the radio.
(b) Running late.
(c) Not taking out the garbage.
(d) Not putting gas in the car.

3. What was the best way to stall in tennis by Bombeck's standards?
(a) Retying a shoe.
(b) Problems with the tape wrapped around the tennis handle.
(c) A sudden muscle cramp.
(d) Claiming dehydration.

4. What was better than backhand, according to Bombeck's tennis advice?
(a) Rushing around a served ball.
(b) Taunting the server.
(c) Claiming a line foul after the ball was served.
(d) Letting the ball go out of bounds.

5. Why were operations discouraged in "Primer for the Imaginative Children?"
(a) Employers no longer believed in surgery.
(b) Too many people were using superfluous operations as an excuse for a vacation.
(c) The operations cost the company too much money.
(d) The employee was hired in complete condition and, thus, must stay that way.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reasons did Bombeck want to recognize Lorraine Suggs as a mother?

2. What did Bombeck's butcher continually refuse to do?

3. For what title would Bombeck like to have nominated Lorraine Suggs?

4. According to Bombeck, what was not necessary for tennis?

5. How did Bombeck claim to use to help thaw out pork chops?

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