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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bombeck claim is the purpose of "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?"
(a) Survival.
(b) Escaping reality.
(c) Living the better life.
(d) Exercising the mind.

2. 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) Bourbon.
(b) Tea.
(c) Water.
(d) Coffee.

3. What realization did Bombeck have in "Why Can't Our Average Little Family Get Their Own TV Series?"
(a) Her family preferred books over television.
(b) Watching TV was not a bonding experience for her family.
(c) Her family was not funny.
(d) She preferred to do household chores while pretending to be in a sitcom.

4. Who was "I. Dunno," according to Bombeck?
(a) The daily weather.
(b) A spoiled kid.
(c) The dog.
(d) Their homework assignments.

5. According to "White Socks in a Pantyhose World," why would the research rat have died of a heart attack?
(a) It would have needed cleaner air.
(b) It would have played dress-up with the children.
(c) It would have had to deal with the noise level of the average household.
(d) It would have ridden in the car with a teenager who had earned his learner's permit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were children still unaware of, according to Bombeck, in "At What Age Is a Child Capable of Dressing Himself"?

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 did Bombeck claim mothers always have a hard time getting right when it came to their children?

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

5. In "White Socks in a Pantyhose World," what did Bombeck admit to being?

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