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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the children consider to be a great triumph at the dinner table?
(a) If they made it through the entire meal without being reprimanded for their manners.
(b) If Bill remembered to eat with his mouth closed.
(c) If Mother and Dad didn't argue about styles of discipline.
(d) If they caught Dad with his elbows on the table.

2. Initially, which child did the doctor say did not need their tonsils out?
(a) Martha.
(b) Ernestine.
(c) Frank, Jr.
(d) Bill.

3. How did Mother and Dad often respond to the outlandish stories the media wrote about the Gilbreth family?
(a) They wrote letters to the newspaper demanding that they correct the inaccuracies.
(b) Mother would cry, and Dad would be angry for days.
(c) They giggled about it.
(d) Mother giggled about them, while Dad was angry.

4. Which of the following is true about when Dad first met Mother's family?
(a) He was very different from them, but they loved him.
(b) He played a practical joke on her parents.
(c) He had a lot in common with them, and they loved him.
(d) He unintentionally insulted them.

5. When the Gilbreth children visit Mother's relatives, how did they behave at first?
(a) They were on their best behavior.
(b) They disobeyed often.
(c) They were homesick and wouldn't speak to anyone.
(d) They were noisy and disrespectful.

6. When a psychologist came to visit, what prank did the children play on her?
(a) They told her that Dad had escaped from prison not long ago.
(b) They loosened the lid on the salt shaker so that it would all fall onto her food.
(c) They frequently swapped names with one another to confuse her.
(d) They stole the answers to her tests to make it seem like they were geniuses.

7. Who got injured when Bill played a prank on them?
(a) The children's grandmother.
(b) Aunt Elinor.
(c) Chew Wong.
(d) Uncle Fred.

8. Which of the following is not something the children did on the boat?
(a) They swabbed decks.
(b) They learned about mooring.
(c) They sang songs.
(d) They pretended to be fish and mermaids.

9. When the children got measles, what did Dad do?
(a) He waited on them hand and foot.
(b) He took them to the hospital.
(c) He prayed for them.
(d) He pretended to have them too, covering this face with red dots.

10. What happened when Dad fell overboard their boat?
(a) The children were concerned that he would not surface, but then he came up smiling.
(b) The girls cried, and the boys laughed.
(c) He had to be rescued by the coast guard.
(d) Bill tried to throw him a lifesaver, and then he fell overboard as well.

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

12. What didn't Dad believe in?
(a) God.
(b) Resting on the Sabbath.
(c) Going to the Doctor.
(d) Getting sick.

13. Which of the following is true about when Mother and Dad first met?
(a) They met in California, following Mother's European tour.
(b) At first Dad was reserved, trying to impress her, but eventually broke into his natural robust role.
(c) Mother tried very hard to impress Dad, pretending to be more boisterous than she was.
(d) Dad met Mother in Europe, while she was on a European tour.

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

15. Which child was the only child allowed in the kitchen with the chef?
(a) Ernestine.
(b) Bill.
(c) Lill.
(d) Fred.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the children feel when they experienced luxury?

2. Where was the last Gilbreth child born?

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

4. What did Grandma Gilbreth give to the children to help them ward off illness?

5. What is the primary focus of Chapter 15?

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