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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 was it about Dad's photography that scared the youngest Gilbreth children?
(a) The process he used to develop the photographs.
(b) His use of flash powder.
(c) The loud sounds the camera made.
(d) His photographic laboratory in the barn.

2. Who was Mrs. Bruce?
(a) She was Dad's secretary.
(b) She was Ernestine's favorite teacher.
(c) She was the mother of eight children.
(d) She was an older woman who never had any children.

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

4. According to Ernestine, which of the following statements is true about the popularity of the book, "Cheaper by the Dozen"?
(a) The readers do not ask many questions about the Gilbreth family.
(b) It has captured the hearts of readers across decades and around the world through book sales and an active website.
(c) Although people around the world like the story, the book sales were never very strong.
(d) It was very popular a few decades ago, but it is not very popular today.

5. Why did Mother leave the hospital before giving birth to her seventh child?
(a) She was scared.
(b) The children missed her.
(c) She didn't like the hospital staff.
(d) She was lonely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Grandma Gilbreth give to the children to help them ward off illness?

2. Throughout Chapter 6, what quality does Dad display with regard to his children?

3. The Preface provides a glimpse into which dynamics of the Gilbreth household?

4. What did the children consider to be a great triumph at the dinner table?

5. What do we learn about Mother during the big family outing in the car?

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