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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 167 - 213.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Jackie's husband's response when asked what the most embarrassing moment of their wedding had been?
(a) He said it was when he said, "I do."
(b) He said it was when he fell going down the aisle.
(c) He said it was when their children arrived.
(d) He said it was when he accidentally grabbed her breast.

2. What reason did Bombeck cite as the reason she and her husband decided to go to Europe?
(a) Everyone at all of their usual vacation spots had seen her two dresses.
(b) She decided she was already confused enough and that being around a different language could not hurt her at this rate.
(c) Their children beg them to not go camping for once.
(d) It was requested that they never come back to their usual spots.

3. When "[staggering] the IRS men", what would a winning game show contestant be carrying?
(a) Tickets to Paris.
(b) A large check.
(c) A bag of gold.
(d) Keys to a new car.

4. Why did Bombeck dislike several fashion trends?
(a) Her measurements are not proportional.
(b) They were mostly for teenagers.
(c) She was too short.
(d) They cheapened the fashion of an earlier decade.

5. When her family mourned Bombeck's imaginary death in "Is There Life After Mine?" what did they regret the most?
(a) They never cleaned out the attic.
(b) They never learned how to mow the grass.
(c) Their inability to change the toilet paper roll.
(d) They never appreciated her cooking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bombeck claim is the purpose of "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?"

2. What did Bombeck cite as something that should never be considered "an act of war?"

3. What first caused the grass in the father's side lawn to die in "Mike and the Grass?"

4. What does Bombeck admit to wanting to hear again at the end of "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?"

5. When the yard finally recovered from years of his son's activities, why was Mike's father unable to see it?

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