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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a reason that the family outing was a disaster?
(a) The girls were embarrassed by their clothes.
(b) Mother was not amused by Dad's antics.
(c) The boys started goofing off.
(d) The car engine failed, and they could not drive home.

2. Who was Mrs. Bruce?
(a) She was Dad's secretary.
(b) She was the mother of eight children.
(c) She was Ernestine's favorite teacher.
(d) She was an older woman who never had any children.

3. What happened to the children during their trip home?
(a) They got lost at the train station.
(b) They were punished for misbehaving.
(c) They caught the whooping cough.
(d) They were detained at the train station because they lost their tickets.

4. Which of the following is an accurate description of Dad?
(a) He was a large man who was very self-assured and successful in business.
(b) Although he was very smart, he struggled to find success in business.
(c) He was a very serious man and didn't have a very good sense of humor.
(d) He was a short man who was confident, yet very reserved.

5. 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 not learn to understand that no means no.
(b) The children might begin to join together to vote for big issues such as bobbed hair and stockings.
(c) The children might think this is always how the world works.
(d) The children might begin to outvote him and Mother and take over the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mistake did the doctor realize when Ernestine was lying on the operating table?

2. What is the primary focus of Chapter2?

3. How did Dad respond when Bill played a practical joke on him?

4. When Tom gave tours of the Gilbreth house while they were away, how did Mother and Dad each respond?

5. According to Ernestine, which of the following statements is true about the popularity of the book, "Cheaper by the Dozen"?

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