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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 is an example of how Mother's approach to parenting tempered Dad's approach?
(a) Mother put her foot down when Dad would try to make the children more efficient.
(b) Mother allowed the children to break the rules sometimes so they could have fun.
(c) Mother firmly discouraged Dad from entering Ernestine into a high level competition.
(d) Mother didn't play practical jokes on the children.

2. What was a reason Dad drove the children to advance quickly in school?
(a) He wanted them to compete in national academic competitions.
(b) He didn't do well in school himself, and he wanted his children to do better than he did.
(c) He wanted to get as many of them as possible through college before he died.
(d) He wanted to brag to everyone about how smart his children were.

3. What practical joke did Dad often play on the children?
(a) He would blow the whistle to get their attention and then say "Just joking!"
(b) He would tell them to look in the engine of the car for a birdie, and then he would honk the horn to scare them.
(c) He would tell them he had a lavish surprise for them, but he really had nothing.
(d) He would tell them they couldn't have dessert, but then he would take them out for ice cream.

4. How did Lill display a strong work ethic at the age of eight?
(a) She completed a very tough chore to earn a little money toward some roller skates.
(b) She refused to allow her parents to buy her some roller skates, because she wanted to earn them.
(c) She asked a store owner if she could earn a pair of roller skates by working around his shop.
(d) She started a lemonade stand business so she could buy some roller skates.

5. How did Mother usually respond to Dad's joking and situations that would come up with the children?
(a) She would join in on the fun.
(b) She would punish all of the children, and give Dad the silent treatment.
(c) She was good-natured about it.
(d) She always lost her temper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true of Mother's background?

2. What subject was Martha particularly good at, which gained the family notoriety?

3. What was the Family Council?

4. In the Preface, what tactic does Ernestine use in her writing to get the point across?

5. Although Dad was a strict taskmaster, this was tempered by __________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Frank Gilbreth, Sr.

4. How did Lill earn a pair of roller skates when she was eight years old?

5. How did Dad often surprise the family?

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

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

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

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

10. How did dad surprise the family with their first car?

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