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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What realization did Bombeck have in "Why Can't Our Average Little Family Get Their Own TV Series?"
(a) Her family preferred books over television.
(b) Watching TV was not a bonding experience for her family.
(c) She preferred to do household chores while pretending to be in a sitcom.
(d) Her family was not funny.

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

3. In "The Varicose Open," what would Bombeck not have allowed to grow together?
(a) Her legs.
(b) Her knees.
(c) Her feet.
(d) Her eyebrows.

4. Why were operations discouraged in "Primer for the Imaginative Children?"
(a) Employers no longer believed in surgery.
(b) Too many people were using superfluous operations as an excuse for a vacation.
(c) The operations cost the company too much money.
(d) The employee was hired in complete condition and, thus, must stay that way.

5. What was the best way to stall in tennis by Bombeck's standards?
(a) Claiming dehydration.
(b) A sudden muscle cramp.
(c) Retying a shoe.
(d) Problems with the tape wrapped around the tennis handle.

6. When discussing when a child should call their parent with an emergency at work, what piece of furniture was taken into consideration?
(a) The antique trunk.
(b) The sofa without Scotch Guard.
(c) The family rocking chair.
(d) The dining room table.

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

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

9. Why was a doctor's appointment no longer an excusable absence at work?
(a) The employee can only leave for doctor's appointments for the children.
(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 needed to keep their health insurance costs down.

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

11. According to "White Socks in a Pantyhose World," why would the research rat have died of a heart attack?
(a) It would have had to deal with the noise level of the average household.
(b) It would have needed cleaner air.
(c) It would have ridden in the car with a teenager who had earned his learner's permit.
(d) It would have played dress-up with the children.

12. Why did Bombeck begin to brown-nose her butcher?
(a) She found that he sells special cuts of meat to his favorite customers.
(b) The price of meat went up.
(c) She was afraid that he was about to quit the butcher shop.
(d) She accidentally insulted his profession.

13. How did Bombeck claim to use to help thaw out pork chops?
(a) Her windowsill in the sunroom.
(b) Her furnace.
(c) The heat of her underarms.
(d) Her bathtub.

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

15. What was Bombeck unable to secure for her family in "Who Killed Apple Pie?"
(a) A playgroup.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A babysitter.
(d) A lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did some women store their second tennis ball?

2. According to Bombeck, what do children wrongly believe in "Haven't I Always Loved Whatshisname Best?"

3. How many children does Bombeck have at the time of "At What Age Is a Child Capable of Dressing Himself?"

4. According to Bombeck's list of guidelines that determine whether a child should call their parent at work, the amount of what substance ought to be evaluated to constitute an emergency?

5. What was better than backhand, according to Bombeck's tennis advice?

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