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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Dad assign positions on the boat to the children?
(a) According to their behavior.
(b) According to their gender.
(c) According to their interests.
(d) According to their ages.

2. Once Dad became a parent, what did he quickly learn about children, which contradicted his theories?
(a) Children would rather play than study.
(b) Children don't talk right after birth, and they don't instinctively swim.
(c) Babies cry and sleep often.
(d) Children do not always obey their parents.

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

4. Which of the following does the reader learn in Chapter 14?
(a) Dad dabbled in photography, but it never became his strong passion.
(b) Dad was passionate about photography, and it sometimes hurt the family.
(c) Mother never wanted her picture taken, but she was supportive of Dad's hobby.
(d) Dad never expected the children to help him with his motion study projects.

5. How did Uncle Fred surprise Mother and the children?
(a) He brought presents for each one of them.
(b) He got on the train one stop before their final destination.
(c) He took them to the ocean.
(d) He took them to a carnival.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tom build a realistic looking coffin out of a packing case?

2. What was one thing that Dad would not allow?

3. Although Dad enforced a majority rule system in the house, what was he growing concerned about at the end of Chapter 5?

4. Which of the following is an accurate description of Dad?

5. When a tea party was thrown for Mother, what was required of the children?

(see the answer key)

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