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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While on the boat with the children, how did Dad fall overboard?
(a) He was hit by the boom.
(b) He was trying to demonstrate proper boat safety, and he slipped.
(c) He tripped over a rope.
(d) He was trying to save Lill, who nearly fell overboard herself.

2. When people questioned why the car was so crowded with children, how did Dad respond?
(a) He cheerfully informed them that children come cheaper by the dozen.
(b) He jokingly said that the dozen children were for sale, and cheaper if they bought the car too.
(c) He said that if it would have been cheaper to purchase a dozen cars, then he would have done so.
(d) He angrily told them to mind their own business.

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

4. Where did the children have their tonsils taken out?
(a) In their home.
(b) At a large, prestigious hospital in Chicago.
(c) At a specialized clinic.
(d) At their Grandma Gilbreth's house.

5. Where did the family vacation every summer?
(a) New London, Connecticut.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) San Diego, California.
(d) Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What didn't Dad believe in?

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

4. Following his filming of the surgeries, what did the photographer communicate to Dad?

5. When the Gilbreth children visit Mother's relatives, how did they behave at first?

(see the answer key)

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