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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Preface provides a glimpse into which dynamics of the Gilbreth household?
(a) Interactions with grandparents and beloved staff.
(b) Constant disorder and misbehavior.
(c) Shared responsibility for their dozens of pets.
(d) Children frequently tattling on one another.

2. 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) The leader of a group of circus performers.
(d) A policeman who was taking a group of undisciplined children to an orphanage.

3. What does Chapter 3 demonstrate about Dad's relationship with Mother?
(a) Dad and Mother disagreed often.
(b) Mother always supported Dad, even if she didn't like something he was doing.
(c) Dad respected Mother, and yielded to her wishes when she asserted herself.
(d) Dad did not respect Mother, because their points of view were so different.

4. What was Dad's favorite part of their first car?
(a) The spare tire.
(b) The steering wheel.
(c) The horn.
(d) The color of the paint.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How were paid chores assigned to the children?

2. What activity took place at mealtime?

3. Which is an example of how Mother's approach to parenting tempered Dad's approach?

4. What did Mother and Dad disagree about?

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

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