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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a reason that the family outing was a disaster?
(a) The car engine failed, and they could not drive home.
(b) Mother was not amused by Dad's antics.
(c) The girls were embarrassed by their clothes.
(d) The boys started goofing off.

2. Although the children didn't have an interest in skipping grades, what was their motivation to try to achieve it anyway?
(a) To avoid being punished.
(b) To make Mother and Dad proud of them.
(c) To avoid the humiliation of having a younger sibling join their class.
(d) To complete their education sooner.

3. Which of the following was true about Dad's driving?
(a) He was a terrific driver.
(b) He was a terrible driver.
(c) He always drove very slow.
(d) He always drove very fsat.

4. What did Dad have a tendency to do on road trips?
(a) He would forget to pack some of the luggage.
(b) He would fall asleep while driving and they would have to stop for awhile.
(c) He would regret deciding to take a road trip, because it was so difficult.
(d) He would get lost, because he refused to get directions or use a map.

5. Why is Chapter 5 entitled "Mister Chairman"?
(a) Martha wanted to be respected like the boys, and she told everyone her new name was Mister Chairman.
(b) Bill told Dad he wanted to be called Mister Chairman when he is grown up and successful in business.
(c) Mother and Dad ran the household like a business, and Dad was the Chairman.
(d) Dad enforced a new rule that the children must call him Mister Chairman instead of Dad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What volunteer work was Mother involved in?

2. Whom did Dad pretend to be after a woman commented about the children?

3. Which of the following was true of Lillian Moller Gilbreth and Frank Bunker Gilbreth?

4. What was Dad's favorite part of their first car?

5. What was Dad's view of religious training?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two examples of how Dad was intimately involved with the children's schooling?

2. When the family went out for an excursion in their car, how did the children have to prepare?

3. What did "Visiting Mrs. Murphy" mean to the Gilbreth family?

4. What key elements of the book were introduced in the Preface of "Cheaper by the Dozen"?

5. Why did Dad name the family's first car the "Foolish Carriage"?

6. What are two examples of ways in which Dad did not allow any time to be wasted for the children?

7. How was Dad raised, and how did he become successful in business at a young age?

8. Whenever Mother asserted herself, how did Dad usually respond?

9. By what method did Mother and Dad choose to run the household?

10. When a woman mistakenly thought the family was a group of orphans, how did Dad respond?

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