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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the children respond when Aunt Anne made changes to the household?
(a) They ignored her rules.
(b) They played pranks on her constantly.
(c) They asked her to move in with them permanently.
(d) They spent an entire meal making her life miserable.

3. When Mother was sick with a cold, what did the children assume about her?
(a) She would have to stay in bed for a year.
(b) She was going to have another baby.
(c) She would have to go to the hospital.
(d) She might die.

4. What decision did Dad make regarding his own surgery?
(a) He chose not to have the surgery, and he would save money for his children's surgeries.
(b) He became ill watching the children's surgeries and backed out of his own.
(c) He had the oldest children assist the doctor so they could learn about operations.
(d) He chose not to be completely put under during the surgery.

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

6. How did Dad respond when newspaper photographers would come to take their picture?
(a) He was respectful and expected the children to be respectful as well.
(b) He interfered with their methods and offered too many suggestions.
(c) He was annoyed and didn't like being bossed around by the photographers.
(d) He loved to learn from them because they were professionals.

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

8. In Chapter 8, what does the reader learn about Mother's family?
(a) They were very boisterous and outgoing people.
(b) They were preoccupied by their material possessions.
(c) They focused on appearances rather than on the importance of relationships.
(d) They focused on the importance of relationships rather than appearances.

9. What did the children's peers at school harass them about?
(a) Owning a nice car.
(b) Using wooden pencils.
(c) Their father being plump.
(d) Having hired help at home.

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

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

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

13. If a child was rude while a guest was over for dinner, how did Dad respond?
(a) He whacked them on the head with his knuckles.
(b) He ordered them to go straight to bed.
(c) He made them leave the table and sit alone in the kitchen.
(d) He made them stand and recite the Gettysburg Address.

14. What was it about Dad's photography that scared the youngest Gilbreth children?
(a) His use of flash powder.
(b) The process he used to develop the photographs.
(c) His photographic laboratory in the barn.
(d) The loud sounds the camera made.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the children rebel during the tea party?

3. What concern did Mother have about giving birth at home?

4. Why did Dad make the children swim every day?

5. What is the title of Chapter 13, "Have You Seen the Latest Model?" referring to?

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