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

2. To what event did Bombeck refer to as the "Great Caffeine Drought of 1942?"
(a) The surgeon general's misleading warning about caffeine.
(b) Her attempts to switch from coffee to tea.
(c) Her attempts to wean herself off of coffee.
(d) A coffee boycott.

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

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

5. In "The Varicose Open," what would Bombeck not have allowed to grow together?
(a) Her knees.
(b) Her feet.
(c) Her eyebrows.
(d) Her legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did Bombeck's mother use that was closest to her actual name in "Haven't I Always Loved Whatshisname Best?"

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

3. What is the name of the little girl about whom Bombeck speaks in "Mother Mystique"?

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

5. Why did Bombeck want to recognize Tom Suggs in her column?

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