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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were paid chores assigned to the children?
(a) To those with the best grades.
(b) To those with the best behavior.
(c) According to their age.
(d) To the lowest bidder.

2. 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) Martha wanted to be respected like the boys, and she told everyone her new name was Mister Chairman.
(d) Dad enforced a new rule that the children must call him Mister Chairman instead of Dad.

3. What elements of the novel does Ernestine Gilbreth Carey introduce in the Preface of the book?
(a) Detailed accounts of the personality of each member of the Gilbreth family.
(b) Her parents, the household dynamics of the Gilbreth family, and the popularity of the book.
(c) Her parents and a detailed account of the birth of each child in the Gilbreth family.
(d) Each of the lessons learned in the Gilbreth household as the children grew up.

4. How did Mother approach her disagreement with Dad in a particular area of parenting?
(a) She went behind his back and did things differently.
(b) She went along with it.
(c) She quietly resented him for it.
(d) She argued with him about it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Gilbreth children visit Mother's relatives, how did they behave at first?

2. Although Mother and Dad were a great team as parents, in what area did they disagree?

3. Once the children became comfortable at their relatives' house, what was the environment like?

4. How did Dad find success and own his own contracting business by the age of 27?

5. How did Dad include his family in his work schedule?

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