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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. Once the children became comfortable at their relatives' house, what was the environment like?
(a) The house was noisy and chaotic.
(b) The house was full of joy.
(c) The relatives were exhausted by the children, and bickered with one another constantly.
(d) The house was a mess.

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

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

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

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

10. How did Dad behave on the boat?
(a) He pretended to be Christopher Columbus.
(b) He was unusually relaxed about the children's rules and behavior.
(c) He was anxious, and very focused on keeping the children safe.
(d) He assumed the role of a sailor, and barked orders at his crew.

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

12. What concern did Mother have about giving birth at home?
(a) Her screams might scare the children.
(b) The new baby might not be able to sleep in such a busy household.
(c) She might not be able to rest afterward.
(d) Dad might interfere too much.

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

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

15. How did the children rebel during the tea party?
(a) They played in the sprinkler and became soaking wet.
(b) They snuck into the kitchen to steal sweets.
(c) They hid from their grandmother.
(d) They sang very loudly at the table.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the primary focus of Chapter 15?

2. What is the focus of Chapter 13?

3. When a tea party was thrown for Mother, what was required of the children?

4. What was the name of the boat Dad purchased?

5. Which child was the only child allowed in the kitchen with the chef?

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