2. When the family arrived to their vacation house, what did they receive in a package?
(a) Martha's canaries.
(b) Games and toys for the children.
(c) Work from Dad's office.
(d) Educational materials for the children.

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

4. What method did Dad use to reinforce the importance of social poise?
(a) Verbal praise.
(b) Rewards.
(c) Corporal punishment.
(d) Verbal reprimands.

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

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

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

8. What gender did Dad want their first child to be?
(a) He insisted that he didn't care whether it was a boy or a girl.
(b) Whatever Mother wanted.
(c) He desperately wanted a girl.
(d) He desperately wanted a boy.

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

10. Where did the children have their tonsils taken out?
(a) At their Grandma Gilbreth's house.
(b) At a specialized clinic.
(c) In their home.
(d) At a large, prestigious hospital in Chicago.

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

12. 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 became ill watching the children's surgeries and backed out of his own.
(d) He chose not to have the surgery, and he would save money for his children's surgeries.

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

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

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