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

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

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) Recycling.
(c) Vegetarianism.
(d) Exercising.

4. In "White Socks in a Pantyhose World," what did Bombeck admit to being?
(a) A total gossip.
(b) A natural born leader.
(c) A bad cook.
(d) A worrier.

5. For what title would Bombeck like to have nominated Lorraine Suggs?
(a) Mother Maryress.
(b) Mother of the Month.
(c) The Thinking Mother's Mother.
(d) Mother of the Year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Bombeck claim to use to help thaw out pork chops?

2. According to Bombeck, what was the only reason a man would snore?

3. What did Bombeck's children claim the adults would have problems managing in "Why Can't We Have Our Own Apartment?"

4. What did Bombeck claim to threaten her children with if they were to have company over while the parents were away?

5. Why was a doctor's appointment no longer an excusable absence at work?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to "If You Thought the Wedding Was Bad," what were some of the differences between men and women that should be discussed prior to the wedding?

2. What were some of the snoring "cures" Bombeck considered for her husband?

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

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

5. Describe some of the things that children must be aware of when staying home alone in "Primer for Imaginative Children."

6. What annoyances does Bombeck describe in "If You Thought the Wedding Was Bad?"

7. What were some of the basic tasks that Bombeck's family were unable to perform in "Is There Life After Mine?"

8. Describe Bombeck's humor.

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

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

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