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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 opened every tin can in the house and served the collected food as a casserole.
(c) She drank all of her wine.
(d) She sprayed room deoderizer under her arm.

3. What was Bombeck worried that scientists would discover?
(a) Lettuce was fattening.
(b) Wine had no health benefits.
(c) Exercise decreased one's lifespan.
(d) Pantyhose would be bad for you.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a magazine article in "Who Killed Apple Pie?," what was the career woman's job?

2. In "Who Killed Apple Pie?," what does Bombeck discuss as being no longer fulfilling for women?

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

4. What did most people tell Lorraine Suggs about her situation with her family?

5. What were children still unaware of, according to Bombeck, in "At What Age Is a Child Capable of Dressing Himself"?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Bombeck, what was the result of the coffee boycott in 1942?

2. In "Who Killed Apple Pie?", what does Bombeck say started to happen to housewives and what was the result?

3. According to "Primer for Imaginative Children," what had become the typical office's stance on doctor's appointments and surgeries?

4. Who was Lionel?

5. What were some of the considerations Bombeck claimed children should think about before calling a parent at work?

6. What did Bombeck point out about people's perceptions of Tom and Lorraine Suggs?

7. What was the purpose of the article about the female architect and how did it make Bombeck feel as a result?

8. In "White Socks in a Pantyhose World," what did Bombeck worry about?

9. Describe Bombeck's humor.

10. What does Bombeck hypothesize about the reasons so many marriages fail?

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