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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 do we learn about Mother during the big family outing in the car?
(a) She supported Dad's antics.
(b) She could quietly, yet firmly stand up for herself.
(c) She had a great sense of humor.
(d) She was very easy-going, and shrugged off anything she didn't approve of.

2. How did Dad include his family in his work schedule?
(a) He allowed the children to come to work with him when he toured factories.
(b) He always came home to eat lunch with the family.
(c) He held meetings with workers at his home.
(d) He called the children on the telephone to help them with their school work.

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

4. What circumstance surrounded Fred's birth?
(a) A blizzard.
(b) A small fire in the kitchen.
(c) A power outage as a result of a thunderstorm.
(d) A communication shortage as a result of a hurricane.

5. When the children considered what it would have been like to be an only child, what was their conclusion?
(a) The boys were happy to have siblings, but the girls each wished they were an only child.
(b) They were happy to have siblings.
(c) They were happy to have siblings, but wished they were either all boys or all girls.
(d) They each wished they were an only child.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time when Mother traveled with the children, how many children were in the Gilbreth family?

2. Much to Dad's dismay, what happened when he attempted to build a cement bird bath?

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

4. Whom did the townspeople play a joke on?

5. How did the children respond when Aunt Anne made changes to the household?

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