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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 would drive a mother crazy if the child were to meet that parent at the door with this?
(a) Complaints about the other kids.
(b) A list of phone messages from the previous week.
(c) Dirty dishes.
(d) A torn up living room because of the dog.

2. Who is Bombeck's focus in "At What Age Is a Child Capable of Dressing Himself"?
(a) Her best friend's sons.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her brothers.
(d) Her children.

3. What was Bombeck's final pet peeve with her husband in "If You Thought the Wedding Was Bad"?
(a) Not putting gas in the car.
(b) Not taking out the garbage.
(c) Talking back to the radio.
(d) Running late.

4. In "Why Can't Our Average Little Family Get Their Own TV Series?" what exists in order to break up the action of a piece?
(a) Commercials.
(b) Bathroom breaks.
(c) Dentist appointments.
(d) Household chores.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Bombeck claim to be unable to store a second tennis ball like other women?

2. What was Bombeck's reaction to her daughter's announcement about the bill in Congress during "Have a Good Day"?

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

4. Who was "I. Dunno," according to Bombeck?

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

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