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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What activity took place at mealtime?
(a) Dad would play classical records and teach the children about the composer and the history of the music.
(b) Each family member took turns telling a story about their day.
(c) Dad quizzed the children with science and history trivia.
(d) They would play math tricks to learn multiplication.

2. Much to Dad's dismay, what happened when he attempted to build a cement bird bath?
(a) The children ran into it while playing and ruined it.
(b) He used too much sand, and it fell apart when he took it out of the mold.
(c) The children told him they thought it was a boring project.
(d) Bill built one also, but much faster than Dad.

3. What subject was Martha particularly good at, which gained the family notoriety?
(a) History.
(b) Spelling.
(c) Science.
(d) Math.

4. Whom did Dad pretend to be after a woman commented about the children?
(a) A benevolent superintendent who was taking a group of orphans out for the day.
(b) A teacher who was taking children on a field trip.
(c) The leader of a group of circus performers.
(d) A policeman who was taking a group of undisciplined children to an orphanage.

5. What elements of the novel does Ernestine Gilbreth Carey introduce in the Preface of the book?
(a) Her parents, the household dynamics of the Gilbreth family, and the popularity of the book.
(b) Her parents and a detailed account of the birth of each child in the Gilbreth family.
(c) Detailed accounts of the personality of each member of the Gilbreth family.
(d) Each of the lessons learned in the Gilbreth household as the children grew up.

6. What was a reason Dad drove the children to advance quickly in school?
(a) He wanted to get as many of them as possible through college before he died.
(b) He wanted to brag to everyone about how smart his children were.
(c) He wanted them to compete in national academic competitions.
(d) He didn't do well in school himself, and he wanted his children to do better than he did.

7. Using a method he designed, what experiment did Dad conduct with the children?
(a) He attempted to teach them how to type.
(b) He attempted to teach them how to sing in harmony.
(c) He attempted to teach them how to build a bird house.
(d) He attempted to teach them how to write in cursive.

8. What did Dad tell his family he had purchased, when really he had purchased a car?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A horse.
(c) A house.
(d) An airplane.

9. How did Dad respond when Bill played a practical joke on him?
(a) He was mad at first, but then saw the humor in it.
(b) He immediately laughed and was proud of his son's sense of humor.
(c) He punished Bill.
(d) He forbade anyone in the house from playing practical jokes ever again.

10. Which of the following is an accurate description of Dad?
(a) He was a very serious man and didn't have a very good sense of humor.
(b) Although he was very smart, he struggled to find success in business.
(c) He was a large man who was very self-assured and successful in business.
(d) He was a short man who was confident, yet very reserved.

11. Which of the following is true of Mother's background?
(a) She had eleven siblings.
(b) She came from a wealthy family in California.
(c) She was a teacher.
(d) She came from a poor family in Connecticut.

12. Why is Chapter 5 entitled "Mister Chairman"?
(a) Martha wanted to be respected like the boys, and she told everyone her new name was Mister Chairman.
(b) Mother and Dad ran the household like a business, and Dad was the Chairman.
(c) Bill told Dad he wanted to be called Mister Chairman when he is grown up and successful in business.
(d) Dad enforced a new rule that the children must call him Mister Chairman instead of Dad.

13. How did Mother approach her disagreement with Dad in a particular area of parenting?
(a) She quietly resented him for it.
(b) She went along with it.
(c) She argued with him about it.
(d) She went behind his back and did things differently.

14. How did Lillian Gilbreth often begin her platform appearances?
(a) With a dictionary definition of whatever she planned to stress in her comments.
(b) With one minute of silence to calm her nerves before speaking.
(c) With one of her children by her side.
(d) With a humorous anecdote about her family.

15. How often did the Gilbreth family practice fire drills?
(a) Every day.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Never.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was true of Lillian Moller Gilbreth and Frank Bunker Gilbreth?

2. Which of the following is an example of how Dad strived for efficiency in his life?

3. When people questioned why the car was so crowded with children, how did Dad respond?

4. In Chapter 4, how did Mother prepare for what she believed would be the inevitable outcome of their road trip?

5. What was the Family Council?

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