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

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

4. Who was the last Gilbreth child to be born?
(a) Jane.
(b) Lill.
(c) Fred.
(d) Martha.

5. What did Dad do every summer on their family vacation?
(a) He talked about moving the family there permanently.
(b) He tried to teach Mother how to swim.
(c) He took a nap every day.
(d) He played the guitar and sang songs with the children.

6. When did Mother become pregnant with their first child?
(a) About a month after their wedding.
(b) Five years after their wedding.
(c) About a year after their wedding.
(d) About a week after their wedding.

7. What is the primary focus of Chapter 15?
(a) Good manners and Aunt Anne's visits.
(b) Good manners and house guests.
(c) Pranks and house guests.
(d) Poor manners and music lessons.

8. When the children had their tonsils taken out, what did Dad do?
(a) He dressed up as a clown to make them feel better.
(b) He decided to conduct a study of motion during operations.
(c) He observed the surgeries and became ill.
(d) He didn't allow them to rest very long afterward, so they could learn to recover quickly.

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

10. Where was the last Gilbreth child born?
(a) Outside near the water.
(b) In a hospital.
(c) At Mother's parents' house.
(d) In a train station.

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

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

13. When Mother and Dad returned home, what did Aunt Anne tell them about her visit with the children?
(a) She told them their children were the best behaved children she had ever encountered.
(b) She said that everything went fine, even though it hadn't.
(c) She told them the children had been very rude.
(d) She told them the children were excellent musicians now.

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

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