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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 doctor.
(b) A babysitter.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A playgroup.

2. According to Bombeck in "Primer for Imaginative Children," what can food from the refrigerator not do?
(a) Cook itself to the children's specifications.
(b) Act as an excuse for a child's forgetfulness.
(c) Put itself away.
(d) Fulfill all nutritional requirements for the day.

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

4. According to Bombeck, after driving the mother crazy, what would happen to the father if a child were to meet them at the door after work?
(a) He would get in the car and go eat at a restaurant.
(b) He would rupture a neck vein.
(c) He would walk into the house and grab a beer before anything else.
(d) He would go back to work.

5. In what event must Bombeck's family use the manual she wrote up in "Is There Life After Mine?"
(a) Her decision to move to Paris.
(b) Her death.
(c) Her retirement.
(d) Her elopement with Cary Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what event did Bombeck refer to as the "Great Caffeine Drought of 1942?"

2. What was Bombeck's final pet peeve with her husband in "If You Thought the Wedding Was Bad"?

3. Who is Bombeck's focus in "At What Age Is a Child Capable of Dressing Himself"?

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

5. What was the best way to stall in tennis by Bombeck's standards?

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