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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 space flight did Bombeck mention in "Gametime?"
(a) Memphis Hope I
(b) Andromeda IX.
(c) The Challenging II.
(d) Russian Soyuz XI.

2. What was I.Dunno incapable of doing on time?
(a) Letting the parents know about important school events.
(b) Being on time for curfew.
(c) Returning library books.
(d) Turning in homework assignments.

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

4. In "Who Killed Apple Pie?," what does Bombeck discuss as being no longer fulfilling for women?
(a) Housework.
(b) Going to church.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Having children.

5. Read the following statement: "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me." Of what is that statement an example in Bombeck's son's paper?
(a) Punishment.
(b) Teaching lessons.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Humor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Kissing By Mutual Ratification," what is not one of the items listed as object for which a person should watch?

2. Which of the following did Bombeck not claim to do as a reaction to the "Great Caffeine Drought of 1942?"

3. According to Bombeck in "Primer for Imaginative Children," what can food from the refrigerator not do?

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

5. What did Bombeck opt to do the letter she had forgotten to mail?

(see the answer key)

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