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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the family usually stay on their way to their vacation destination?
(a) Aunt Elinor's house.
(b) A hotel in Boston.
(c) In a small cottage beside the water.
(d) A hotel in New London, Connecticut.

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

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

4. Which of the following was true about Aunt Anne?
(a) She was opposed to discipline.
(b) She was strong-willed.
(c) She was passive.
(d) She was funny.

5. Once the children became comfortable at their relatives' house, what was the environment like?
(a) The house was a mess.
(b) The house was noisy and chaotic.
(c) The house was full of joy.
(d) The relatives were exhausted by the children, and bickered with one another constantly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Dad respond when Bill played a practical joke on him?

2. Which of the following is true of Mother's background?

3. How did the children feel when they experienced luxury?

4. When did Mother become pregnant with their first child?

5. What is the primary focus of Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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