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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would amaze Bombeck about the game shows?
(a) The women's knowledge.
(b) The game show host's cheesiness.
(c) The excitement of the winners.
(d) The uniform beauty of the game show assistants.

2. When must a game show contestant "stay on [their] feet?"
(a) When they have to stand next to the lucky winner.
(b) When they experience a coronary.
(c) When they have to do a reshoot.
(d) When they have to run down the aisle.

3. For how many meals did Bombeck's son claim to have capacity?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Seven.

4. What does Bombeck worry her son will never do?
(a) Leave their town.
(b) Graduate college.
(c) Marry.
(d) Find a career that makes him happy.

5. After her son moves out, into what does Bombeck transform his bedroom?
(a) A television room.
(b) An exercise room.
(c) A storage space.
(d) A guest room.

6. In "Fashions and Fads that Underwhelmed Me," what aspect of fashion trends did Bombeck discuss?
(a) The tendencies of trends to repeat.
(b) The shortness of trends.
(c) The disdain to those carrying on past trends.
(d) The way trends begin.

7. For what reasons did Bombeck tear a strip of wallpaper down in "Warning: Families May Be Dangerous To Your Health?"
(a) She needed to find its match at the local hardware store.
(b) She could not find paper and needed to write a note for her son.
(c) She was afraid that she had accidentally covered a treasured wall drawing from her child.
(d) She was growing tired of the pattern.

8. In "How to Speak Child Fluently," how did Bombeck feel about her son's paper?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Amused.
(c) Excited.
(d) Humbled.

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

10. Which of the following is not a fad listed by Bombed as trends that she knew would soon go away?
(a) Faux Asian apparel.
(b) Pierced ears.
(c) High-waisted pants.
(d) Tube dress.

11. According to "Are Family Vacations Legal," what was illegal in forty-seven states?
(a) Pretending it was a mistake to leave one's child behind in a rest room.
(b) Heckling drivers from other states.
(c) Crossing state borders without making a rest stop.
(d) Singing cheesy songs in the car.

12. Where did Bombeck find the pencil nub?
(a) Her husband's wallet.
(b) Trash can.
(c) Dryer lint trap.
(d) Bottom of her son's bookbag.

13. In "Joe Carter's Jubilance and Excitement Seminar," how many aspects of decorum were listed?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

14. What did Bombeck predict as being the future of game show contestants?
(a) They would have to sign a waiver.
(b) They would need to undergo training.
(c) They would be forced to sign over their houses?
(d) They would be used to train CIA agents.

15. What were Bombeck's friends' opinions on game shows?
(a) They gambled on them.
(b) They believed they were bad you.
(c) They were obsessed with them.
(d) They used them to learn new facts.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bombeck, what was notable about using a shopping cart?

2. Why did Bombeck dislike several fashion trends?

3. Where would the winning contestant's trip take them in Bombeck's game show scenario?

4. What Washington bureaucrat did Bombeck decide she wanted to meeting in "Constitutionality of Drive-in Windows?"

5. For what reasons would one call legal aid on an exist ramp?

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