1. 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 begin to join together to vote for big issues such as bobbed hair and stockings.
(b) The children might not learn to understand that no means no.
(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.

2. What practical joke did Dad often play on the children?
(a) He would tell them he had a lavish surprise for them, but he really had nothing.
(b) He would blow the whistle to get their attention and then say "Just joking!"
(c) He would tell them they couldn't have dessert, but then he would take them out for ice cream.
(d) He would tell them to look in the engine of the car for a birdie, and then he would honk the horn to scare them.

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

4. Where did the family vacation every summer?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) San Diego, California.
(c) Nantucket, Massachusetts.
(d) New London, Connecticut.

5. How did Dad find success and own his own contracting business by the age of 27?
(a) He started as a bricklayer, and quickly rose in the ranks of construction by being an efficient worker.
(b) He served as an apprentice to a man who owned a contracting business.
(c) He was a bricklayer, and he met a man who taught him how to be efficient and get promoted.
(d) He followed in his father's footsteps, and he aggressively pursued a career in construction at a young age.