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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters from Preface - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Dad include his family in his work schedule?
(a) He allowed the children to come to work with him when he toured factories.
(b) He called the children on the telephone to help them with their school work.
(c) He held meetings with workers at his home.
(d) He always came home to eat lunch with the family.

2. What method did Dad use to ensure no one forgot their hygiene or socialization?
(a) Strict discipline and accountability.
(b) He gave the children rewards and treats to gently remind them.
(c) He developed a unique whistle call for each child.
(d) He set up charts and routines to ensure efficiency.

3. Whom did Dad pretend to be after a woman commented about the children?
(a) A benevolent superintendent who was taking a group of orphans out for the day.
(b) A teacher who was taking children on a field trip.
(c) A policeman who was taking a group of undisciplined children to an orphanage.
(d) The leader of a group of circus performers.

4. What did Dad tell his family he had purchased, when really he had purchased a car?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A house.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A horse.

5. What did Frank Gilbreth, Sr. do when a child or group of children did something that pleased him?
(a) He gave them treats and rewards.
(b) He told them elaborate, creative bedtime stories.
(c) He took them out to dinner.
(d) He let them skip their chores for one day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment did one woman in particular make about the children?

2. Which of the following is not a reason that the family outing was a disaster?

3. What was one thing that Dad would not allow?

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

5. In Chapter 3, what did the children have to do before their big family outing in the Pierce Arrow?

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