1. How did Lill make a male house guest feel at home?
(a) She baked cookies all by herself and gave them to him as a present.
(b) She asked him to teach her how to be funny like he was.
(c) She hugged him and said he had children who loved him.
(d) She told him he was the nicest man she had ever met.

2. Although Dad enforced a majority rule system in the house, what was he growing concerned about at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) The children might think this is always how the world works.
(b) The children might begin to join together to vote for big issues such as bobbed hair and stockings.
(c) The children might not learn to understand that no means no.
(d) The children might begin to outvote him and Mother and take over the house.

3. When Mother and Dad returned home, what did Aunt Anne tell them about her visit with the children?
(a) She told them the children had been very rude.
(b) She said that everything went fine, even though it hadn't.
(c) She told them their children were the best behaved children she had ever encountered.
(d) She told them the children were excellent musicians now.

4. Where did the children have their tonsils taken out?
(a) At a large, prestigious hospital in Chicago.
(b) At their Grandma Gilbreth's house.
(c) In their home.
(d) At a specialized clinic.

5. What concern did Mother have about giving birth at home?
(a) Dad might interfere too much.
(b) Her screams might scare the children.
(c) The new baby might not be able to sleep in such a busy household.
(d) She might not be able to rest afterward.