1. How did the children call Dad's bluff one night?
(a) They didn't ask Dad to take them for ice cream after the movie.
(b) They got up to leave the movie without asking to stay for a second one.
(c) They were still and quiet for the entire movie.
(d) They left home early and rode their bicycles to the movies before Dad realized they were gone.

2. Which of the following is not a challenge Mother faced as she traveled with the children?
(a) Ernestine got lost at the train station.
(b) Fred was ill.
(c) Mother was seven months pregnant.
(d) Lill had a broken foot.

3. When a tea party was thrown for Mother, what was required of the children?
(a) They had to dress in formal clothes and sit still at the table.
(b) They had to dress in fine, uncomfortable clothes, and wait in the garden.
(c) They all had to take long naps before the guests arrived.
(d) They had to go play at the neighbor's house until the guests were gone.

4. What did Dad make the children promise to do if something happened to him?
(a) Take care of Mother.
(b) Continue his business.
(c) Take care of the youngest children.
(d) Take care of each other.

5. Much to Dad's dismay, what happened when he attempted to build a cement bird bath?
(a) He used too much sand, and it fell apart when he took it out of the mold.
(b) The children ran into it while playing and ruined it.
(c) Bill built one also, but much faster than Dad.
(d) The children told him they thought it was a boring project.