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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Bombeck's children claim the adults would have problems managing in "Why Can't We Have Our Own Apartment?"
2. What realization did Bombeck have in "Why Can't Our Average Little Family Get Their Own TV Series?"
3. Of what did Lorraine Suggs accuse her husband?
4. What trends did Bombeck claim she had a hard time accepting fully in "Have a Good Day"?
5. What did Bombeck's mother ask for in "Why Can't Our Average Little Family Get Their Own TV Series?" when Bombeck puts a halt to all of the action?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to "Primer for Imaginative Children," what had become the typical office's stance on doctor's appointments and surgeries?
2. How did Bombeck achieve lower costs with her butcher?
3. What was Bombeck's reaction to her daughter's announcement about the bill in Congress in "Have a Good Day?"
4. Describe some of the things that children must be aware of when staying home alone in "Primer for Imaginative Children."
5. Describe Bombeck's tennis tips in "The Varicose Open."
6. What does Bombeck hypothesize about the reasons so many marriages fail?
7. Discuss I. Dunno.
8. In "Who Killed Apple Pie?", what does Bombeck say started to happen to housewives and what was the result?
9. What were some of the basic tasks that Bombeck's family were unable to perform in "Is There Life After Mine?"
10. What were some of the snoring "cures" Bombeck considered for her husband?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compose an essay discussing Bombeck's reliance on her humor to understand and comfort herself through different periods in her life. Focus on how it is related to her self-characterization as a perpetually confused naif, her children growing up, and her relationship to her readers. Cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Bombeck's use of observational humor in "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" Focus particularly on her anecdotes about her family and how she feels particularly confused by certain trends and ideas in society.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how Bombeck's success as a columnist was directly tied to the time period in which she wrote. Analyze the criticism she faced for her gender and seeming lack of feminism. Develop a clear thesis statement in order to discuss these questions and cite specific examples from the text to help support your answers.
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