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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 87 - 128.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what title would Bombeck like to have nominated Tom Suggs?
(a) Absent Father of Last Decade.
(b) Father of the Decade.
(c) Husband of the Month.
(d) Father and Martyr.

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

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

5. What did Bombeck claim her husband sounded like in "If You Thought the Wedding Was Bad"?
(a) A rock concert.
(b) A muffler with a hole.
(c) A train in a tunnel.
(d) A leaky Goodyear blimp.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Bombeck feel about the magazine article in "Who Killed Apple Pie?"

2. What did Bombeck attempt to recite in "Why Can't Our Average Little Family Get Their Own TV series?" that ended up not being funny?

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

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

5. What did Bombeck believe a baby should be allowed to decide?

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