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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Bombeck begin to brown-nose her butcher?
(a) She found that he sells special cuts of meat to his favorite customers.
(b) She accidentally insulted his profession.
(c) She was afraid that he was about to quit the butcher shop.
(d) The price of meat went up.

3. 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) Water.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coffee.

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

5. What was Bombeck never able to see in a movie because of her husband's bad habit in "If You Thought the Wedding Was Bad"?
(a) The movie trailers.
(b) The opening credits.
(c) The new couple's first date.
(d) The murder victim before the victim's death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of what did Lorraine Suggs accuse her husband?

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

4. What did Bombeck claim to threaten her children with if they were to have company over while the parents were away?

5. According to Bombeck, what was not necessary for tennis?

(see the answer key)

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