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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's reaction to her daughter's announcement about the bill in Congress during "Have a Good Day"?
(a) She drank all of her wine.
(b) She bought a pound of cannabis.
(c) She opened every tin can in the house and served the collected food as a casserole.
(d) She sprayed room deoderizer under her arm.

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

3. 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.

4. What did Bombeck claim to threaten her children with if they were to have company over while the parents were away?
(a) Increasing the household chores to fill their days.
(b) Taking away allowances.
(c) Grounding in their rooms through the teenage years.
(d) Forbidding them to get their driver's license.

5. What literary genre is "Why Can't We Have Our Own Apartment?"
(a) Fiction.
(b) Parody.
(c) Satire.
(d) Morality play.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was a doctor's appointment no longer an excusable absence at work?

2. What was Bombeck worried that scientists would discover?

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

4. When Bombeck noticed that her children's appearances were particularly disheveled one day, what was the occasion?

5. To what question was "I. Dontcare" the response?

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