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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the children feel when they experienced luxury?
(a) They felt jealous.
(b) They felt unworthy of such special treatment.
(c) They felt like they had fairy godmothers.
(d) They felt like they were princes and princesses.

2. What did Grandma Gilbreth give to the children to help them ward off illness?
(a) Camphor filled bags.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Vitamins.
(d) Bibles.

3. What did Bill do on the road trip which made everyone laugh?
(a) He constantly said he was hungry.
(b) He mimicked Mother and teased Dad.
(c) He told jokes.
(d) He frequently requested stops to go to the bathroom.

4. When people questioned why the car was so crowded with children, how did Dad respond?
(a) He jokingly said that the dozen children were for sale, and cheaper if they bought the car too.
(b) He cheerfully informed them that children come cheaper by the dozen.
(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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Uncle Fred surprise Mother and the children?

2. Which child was the only child allowed in the kitchen with the chef?

3. Although the children didn't have an interest in skipping grades, what was their motivation to try to achieve it anyway?

4. When the family arrived to their vacation house, what did they receive in a package?

5. How were paid chores assigned to the children?

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