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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago did the jelly from the Bombeck's breakfast expire in "Traveling is So Broadening I Bought a Maternity Dress to Wear Home?"
(a) Four months.
(b) Fourteen years.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Forty years.

2. When the yard finally recovered from years of his son's activities, why was Mike's father unable to see it?
(a) His vision grew worse as he aged.
(b) Mike's car was in the way.
(c) He was too busy remembering his son as a child.
(d) He was too busy mourning his son's death.

3. In Bombeck's letter corrections, to what was "toilet trained" changed?"
(a) Getting married.
(b) Received First Communion.
(c) Graduating high school.
(d) Had a child.

4. What was Bombeck unable to secure for her family in "Who Killed Apple Pie?"
(a) A doctor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A babysitter.
(d) A playgroup.

5. What did Bombeck's children claim the adults would have problems managing in "Why Can't We Have Our Own Apartment?"
(a) Maintenance.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Money.
(d) Boredom.

Short Answer Questions

1. During "Primer for Imaginative Children," what should children watch out for with their dog?

2. According to Bombeck in "Primer for Imaginative Children," what can food from the refrigerator not do?

3. What reason did Bombeck cite as the reason she and her husband decided to go to Europe?

4. According to "Killing Your Mother," what was Bombeck's son carrying when he left the house?

5. Of what would Bombeck find remnants of in handbags from her mother?

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