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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 did Bombeck claim to be unable to store a second tennis ball like other women?
(a) She did not have enough room in her tennis panties.
(b) She did not like having a ball stored in her bra.
(c) She was never able to talk her child into being in charge of the tennis balls.
(d) She needed both hands for tennis.

2. In "Constitutionality of Drive-in Windows," what did Bombeck decide she would rather do as opposed to getting out of her car?
(a) Take her business elsewhere.
(b) Grow longer arms.
(c) Send her child inside.
(d) Have her husband take care of the errands.

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

4. Of what would Bombeck find remnants of in handbags from her mother?
(a) Lipstick.
(b) Rouge.
(c) Hair curlers.
(d) False eyelashes.

5. To what does Bombeck compare children in "How to Speak Child Fluently?"
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Kites.
(c) Toy boats.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Bombeck's butcher continually refuse to do?

3. What does Bombeck worry her son will never do?

4. After her son moves out, into what does Bombeck transform his bedroom?

5. What did Bombeck cite as being a problem with "The Star Spangled Banner?"

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