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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Bombeck noticed that her children's appearances were particularly disheveled one day, what was the occasion?
(a) Football game.
(b) School picture day.
(c) School social.
(d) Last day of school.

2. For what reasons did Bombeck want to recognize Lorraine Suggs as a mother?
(a) She raised the perfect children, in Bombeck's eyes.
(b) She took care of her family while her husband was constantly out of town on business.
(c) She raised ten children on her own.
(d) She managed her own business at home, which let her remain a stay-at-home mom.

3. What trends did Bombeck claim she had a hard time accepting fully in "Have a Good Day"?
(a) Cooking gourmet food every night.
(b) Vegetarianism.
(c) Recycling.
(d) Exercising.

4. To what question was "I. Dontcare" the response?
(a) When their homework was due.
(b) Where their sibling was hiding.
(c) When their friend was coming over.
(d) Whether anyone would like liver for dinner.

5. According to a magazine article in "Who Killed Apple Pie?," what was the career woman's job?
(a) Architect.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

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

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

8. 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) Bathroom breaks.
(b) Dentist appointments.
(c) Household chores.
(d) Commercials.

9. For what title would Bombeck like to have nominated Tom Suggs?
(a) Husband of the Month.
(b) Father of the Decade.
(c) Absent Father of Last Decade.
(d) Father and Martyr.

10. What did Bombeck attempt to recite in "Why Can't Our Average Little Family Get Their Own TV series?" that ended up not being funny?
(a) One-liners.
(b) Children's jokes.
(c) Limericks.
(d) Oscar Wilde monologues.

11. According to Bombeck, after driving the mother crazy, what would happen to the father if a child were to meet them at the door after work?
(a) He would get in the car and go eat at a restaurant.
(b) He would rupture a neck vein.
(c) He would walk into the house and grab a beer before anything else.
(d) He would go back to work.

12. To what event did Bombeck refer to as the "Great Caffeine Drought of 1942?"
(a) The surgeon general's misleading warning about caffeine.
(b) A coffee boycott.
(c) Her attempts to switch from coffee to tea.
(d) Her attempts to wean herself off of coffee.

13. During "Primer for Imaginative Children," what should children watch out for with their dog?
(a) They must make sure the dog stays off of the furniture.
(b) They must make sure the dog does not jump the fence.
(c) They must take the dog outside whenever he needs to.
(d) They must remember to feed their dog.

14. What does Bombeck claim is the purpose of "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?"
(a) Escaping reality.
(b) Survival.
(c) Living the better life.
(d) Exercising the mind.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Bombeck worried that scientists would discover?

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

3. Who was "I. Dontcare?"

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

5. According to "White Socks in a Pantyhose World," why would the research rat have died of a heart attack?

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