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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Bombeck's butcher begin to offer her in "Have a Good Day?"
(a) An apprenticeship.
(b) Motorcycle lessons.
(c) Cooking lessons.
(d) A low price on good cuts of meat.

3. In what event must Bombeck's family use the manual she wrote up in "Is There Life After Mine?"
(a) Her decision to move to Paris.
(b) Her retirement.
(c) Her death.
(d) Her elopement with Cary Grant.

4. What was better than backhand, according to Bombeck's tennis advice?
(a) Rushing around a served ball.
(b) Letting the ball go out of bounds.
(c) Claiming a line foul after the ball was served.
(d) Taunting the server.

5. In "If You Thought the Wedding Was Bad," what was the problem not discussed that destroyed marriages?
(a) Hygiene.
(b) Literary habits.
(c) Snoring.
(d) Table manners.

6. What was Bombeck's reaction to her daughter's announcement about the bill in Congress during "Have a Good Day"?
(a) She bought a pound of cannabis.
(b) She drank all of her wine.
(c) She sprayed room deoderizer under her arm.
(d) She opened every tin can in the house and served the collected food as a casserole.

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

8. What name did Bombeck's mother use that was closest to her actual name in "Haven't I Always Loved Whatshisname Best?"
(a) Emily.
(b) Irene.
(c) Edna.
(d) Emma.

9. What did Bombeck's butcher continually refuse to do?
(a) Visit her house to evaluate what she did wrong in cooking a roast.
(b) Allow her to write a column about his customers.
(c) Offer her lower prices on meat.
(d) Give her lessons in properly preparing chicken for pasta.

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

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

12. What did Bombeck claim mothers always have a hard time getting right when it came to their children?
(a) Their teachers.
(b) Their ages.
(c) Their clothing.
(d) Their names.

13. 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 ridden in the car with a teenager who had earned his learner's permit.
(c) It would have played dress-up with the children.
(d) It would have needed cleaner air.

14. 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 was never able to talk her child into being in charge of the tennis balls.
(c) She did not like having a ball stored in her bra.
(d) She needed both hands for tennis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When her family mourned Bombeck's imaginary death in "Is There Life After Mine?" what did they regret the most?

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

3. What was I.Dunno incapable of doing on time?

4. In "Mother Mystique," what did Bombeck believe was the only way for a mother to survive?

5. Who was "I. Dontcare?"

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