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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what offense would Bombeck not be convicted, according to "Register Camera Nuts?"
(a) Punishing her husband for pushing her too far after his camera prank.
(b) Destroying her husband's camera.
(c) Refusing mugshots.
(d) Running a red light.

2. According to "When Did I Become the Mother and the Mother Become the Child?", what transfers between a mother and her child as the years go on?
(a) Traditions.
(b) Love.
(c) Anger.
(d) Power.

3. What did Bombeck cite as something that should never be considered "an act of war?"
(a) A baby waking up the parents by crying.
(b) A baby spitting up on one's shoulder.
(c) A baby throwing food.
(d) A baby splashing water on an adult.

4. What did Bombeck opt to do the letter she had forgotten to mail?
(a) She merely updated it.
(b) She threw it away.
(c) She mailed it inside of a card that apologized for the letter's tardiness.
(d) She mailed it anyway.

5. What did Bombeck's mother ask for in "Why Can't Our Average Little Family Get Their Own TV Series?" when Bombeck puts a halt to all of the action?
(a) Tea.
(b) Water.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Bourbon.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reasons would one call legal aid on an exist ramp?

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

3. Why were operations discouraged in "Primer for the Imaginative Children?"

4. What was the subject of Bombeck's list in "You Never Loved Me"?

5. Which of the following choices did Bombeck's family apparently struggle with when it came to cooking?

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