1. Which is an example of how Mother's approach to parenting tempered Dad's approach?
(a) Mother put her foot down when Dad would try to make the children more efficient.
(b) Mother firmly discouraged Dad from entering Ernestine into a high level competition.
(c) Mother allowed the children to break the rules sometimes so they could have fun.
(d) Mother didn't play practical jokes on the children.

2. While the family ate lunch, how did Dad use the time to educate the children?
(a) He made them practice their spelling.
(b) He gave them science and history lessons.
(c) He taught the older children how to drive the car.
(d) He practiced math puzzles with them.

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

4. What comment did one woman in particular make about the children?
(a) The poor children looked adorable in their uniforms.
(b) The children were probably greedy and undisciplined.
(c) The children appeared to be very well-behaved.
(d) The children looked hungry.

5. Whom did the townspeople play a joke on?
(a) On the Sunday school teacher.
(b) On Mother, because she was usually so quiet and serious.
(c) On a newcomer who was connected to a national birth control organization.
(d) On Dad, because he was connected to a national hunting organization.