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

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

3. What did the children do before they left the area where they ate lunch?
(a) They played a practical joke on Dad.
(b) They sang songs together.
(c) They took turns reciting things they had learned from Mother and Dad's lessons.
(d) They picked up all of the garbage, including the garbage left by other people.

4. Why is Chapter 5 entitled "Mister Chairman"?
(a) Mother and Dad ran the household like a business, and Dad was the Chairman.
(b) Bill told Dad he wanted to be called Mister Chairman when he is grown up and successful in business.
(c) Dad enforced a new rule that the children must call him Mister Chairman instead of Dad.
(d) Martha wanted to be respected like the boys, and she told everyone her new name was Mister Chairman.

5. In the Preface, what tactic does Ernestine use in her writing to get the point across?
(a) Detailed timeline of the birth of each child in the Gilbreth family.
(b) Highly sophisticated language.
(c) Poetry to make the writing rhythmic and engaging.
(d) Anecdotes to amuse the reader.