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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the children had their tonsils taken out, what did Dad do?
(a) He decided to conduct a study of motion during operations.
(b) He dressed up as a clown to make them feel better.
(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.

2. What is the title of Chapter 13, "Have You Seen the Latest Model?" referring to?
(a) The newest child in the Gilbreth family.
(b) A new machine in one of Dad's factories, which he was especially proud of.
(c) The new car Dad purchased when another child was born.
(d) A toy truck that Frank, Jr. wanted for his birthday.

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

4. Following his filming of the surgeries, what did the photographer communicate to Dad?
(a) He forgot to take the lens cap off of the camera.
(b) He wanted to have a lot of children, also.
(c) He decided to pursue a career in medicine.
(d) One of the children broke his movie camera.

5. How did the older children feel about the outlandish stories the media wrote about the Gilbreth family?
(a) They were happy because it meant they were a bit famous.
(b) They were mortified.
(c) They were angry, and they sometimes got into fights at school.
(d) They were able to shrug it off because they were used to it.

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

7. What happened to Martha's two canaries during their summer travel?
(a) They got loose outside of their vacation house.
(b) While on the ferry, they got loose.
(c) Bill let them loose in the car, and they caused Dad to drive off the road.
(d) They were not allowed on board the ferry, and she had to leave them behind.

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

9. Why did Mother leave the hospital before giving birth to her seventh child?
(a) The children missed her.
(b) She didn't like the hospital staff.
(c) She was lonely.
(d) She was scared.

10. In Chapter 8, to where did Mother travel with the children?
(a) To Connecticut to visit Uncle Fred.
(b) To California to visit her relatives.
(c) To Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to visit Dad.
(d) To Boston to visit her parents.

11. Who tried to teach the Gilbreth children where babies come from?
(a) Mother.
(b) Their friends at school.
(c) Tom.
(d) Dad.

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

13. Which of the following is not a challenge Mother faced as she traveled with the children?
(a) Fred was ill.
(b) Lill had a broken foot.
(c) Ernestine got lost at the train station.
(d) Mother was seven months pregnant.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If a child was rude while a guest was over for dinner, how did Dad respond?

2. How did Dad respond when newspaper photographers would come to take their picture?

3. How did Dad assign positions on the boat to the children?

4. Why did Tom build a realistic looking coffin out of a packing case?

5. What is the focus of Chapter 13?

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