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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the focus of Chapter 13?
(a) The similarities and differences between Mother and Dad.
(b) A glimpse into the birth of each Gilbreth child.
(c) A description of the personality of each Gilbreth child.
(d) The challenges Mother faced with each of her twelve pregnancies.

2. What is the primary focus of Chapter2?
(a) The reader learned more about the practical and strict side of Dad.
(b) The reader learns more about Dad's work life.
(c) The reader learns that Dad has a bad temper and little sense of humor.
(d) The reader learns more about the impractical and fun loving side of Dad.

3. When did Mother become pregnant with their first child?
(a) Five years after their wedding.
(b) About a month after their wedding.
(c) About a year after their wedding.
(d) About a week after their wedding.

4. What did Bill do on the road trip which made everyone laugh?
(a) He constantly said he was hungry.
(b) He mimicked Mother and teased Dad.
(c) He frequently requested stops to go to the bathroom.
(d) He told jokes.

5. Following his filming of the surgeries, what did the photographer communicate to Dad?
(a) He forgot to take the lens cap off of the camera.
(b) One of the children broke his movie camera.
(c) He wanted to have a lot of children, also.
(d) He decided to pursue a career in medicine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is true about when Dad first met Mother's family?

3. What qualities about Mother are revealed in Chapter 7?

4. What happened to the children during their trip home?

5. Who got injured when Bill played a prank on them?

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