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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. Whom did the townspeople play a joke on?
(a) On Dad, because he was connected to a national hunting organization.
(b) On Mother, because she was usually so quiet and serious.
(c) On the Sunday school teacher.
(d) On a newcomer who was connected to a national birth control organization.

2. What method did Dad use with the children to reinforce that they work hard in school?
(a) He rewarded them heavily.
(b) He made them meet with the principal once a week.
(c) He signed them up for classes below their grade level.
(d) He punished them often.

3. What did Bill do on the road trip which made everyone laugh?
(a) He constantly said he was hungry.
(b) He frequently requested stops to go to the bathroom.
(c) He mimicked Mother and teased Dad.
(d) He told jokes.

4. How did Dad respond when Bill played a practical joke on him?
(a) He was mad at first, but then saw the humor in it.
(b) He punished Bill.
(c) He forbade anyone in the house from playing practical jokes ever again.
(d) He immediately laughed and was proud of his son's sense of humor.

5. What influence did Dad's work life have on his home life?
(a) He never mixed the two because they were so different.
(b) He was always serious at home, so the children would know he was in charge.
(c) He analyzed the inner workings of his household to establish optimal time management techniques.
(d) He wanted all of the children to become engineers one day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although Dad enforced a majority rule system in the house, what was he growing concerned about at the end of Chapter 5?

2. What practical joke did Dad often play on the children?

3. What is the primary focus of Chapter2?

4. Why did Dad name their first car "Foolish Carriage"?

5. How often did the Gilbreth family practice fire drills?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Dad often surprise the family?

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

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

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

5. How did Mother and Dad each strive to educate the children while they ate lunch on their road trips?

6. How did Mother and Dad each feel about religious training for the children?

7. What happened when Dad attempted to build a cement bird bath, and how did he feel about it?

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

9. What was the Family Council?

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

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