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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 129 - 166.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was a doctor's appointment no longer an excusable absence at work?
(a) The employee needed to keep their health insurance costs down.
(b) If the person is well enough to go the doctor, they are well enough to work.
(c) The office could not confirm if the employee had a doctor's appointment.
(d) The employee can only leave for doctor's appointments for the children.

2. What is the name of the little girl about whom Bombeck speaks in "Mother Mystique"?
(a) Stacie.
(b) Allie.
(c) Cathie.
(d) Carrie.

3. For what reasons would one call legal aid on an exist ramp?
(a) To sue backseat drivers.
(b) To dissolve a family relationship.
(c) To remove anyone who got sick in teh car.
(d) To silence the children.

4. For what reasons did Bombeck tear a strip of wallpaper down in "Warning: Families May Be Dangerous To Your Health?"
(a) She needed to find its match at the local hardware store.
(b) She was growing tired of the pattern.
(c) She could not find paper and needed to write a note for her son.
(d) She was afraid that she had accidentally covered a treasured wall drawing from her child.

5. What has Bombeck's family not mastered in "Is There Life After Mine?"
(a) Taking messages on the phone.
(b) Table manners.
(c) Basic household chores.
(d) Listening to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many versions of "The Star-Spangled Banner" did Bombeck decide should exist?

2. How did Bombeck claim to use to help thaw out pork chops?

3. In "The Varicose Open," what would Bombeck not have allowed to grow together?

4. 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"?

5. In Bombeck's analogy for children, why is their success bittersweet?

(see the answer key)

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