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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing when a child should call their parent with an emergency at work, what piece of furniture was taken into consideration?
(a) The antique trunk.
(b) The sofa without Scotch Guard.
(c) The dining room table.
(d) The family rocking chair.

2. To what question was "I. Dontcare" the response?
(a) Where their sibling was hiding.
(b) When their friend was coming over.
(c) Whether anyone would like liver for dinner.
(d) When their homework was due.

3. What is the name of the little girl about whom Bombeck speaks in "Mother Mystique"?
(a) Allie.
(b) Stacie.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Cathie.

4. What did most people tell Lorraine Suggs about her situation with her family?
(a) She was fortunate that her husband was always out-of-town.
(b) She complained too much about being busy.
(c) She had every right to try to divorce her husband for negligence.
(d) She was being taken advantage of by her family.

5. According to Bombeck in "Primer for Imaginative Children," what can food from the refrigerator not do?
(a) Act as an excuse for a child's forgetfulness.
(b) Put itself away.
(c) Cook itself to the children's specifications.
(d) Fulfill all nutritional requirements for the day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary genre is "Why Can't We Have Our Own Apartment?"

2. Which of the following did Bombeck not claim to do as a reaction to the "Great Caffeine Drought of 1942?"

3. What was Bombeck worried that scientists would discover?

4. According to Bombeck, what could her mother never get right about her, despite her status as an only child?

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

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