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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. What practical joke did Dad often play on the children?
(a) 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.
(b) He would blow the whistle to get their attention and then say "Just joking!"
(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.

2. Much to Dad's dismay, what happened when he attempted to build a cement bird bath?
(a) The children ran into it while playing and ruined it.
(b) Bill built one also, but much faster than Dad.
(c) He used too much sand, and it fell apart when he took it out of the mold.
(d) The children told him they thought it was a boring project.

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

4. Which of the following is an accurate description of Dad?
(a) He was a large man who was very self-assured and successful in business.
(b) He was a short man who was confident, yet very reserved.
(c) Although he was very smart, he struggled to find success in business.
(d) He was a very serious man and didn't have a very good sense of humor.

5. 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) The boys started goofing off.
(c) The girls were embarrassed by their clothes.
(d) Mother was not amused by Dad's antics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the children expected to respond when they heard the whistle?

2. What was the Family Council?

3. What volunteer work was Mother involved in?

4. While the family ate lunch, how did Dad use the time to educate the children?

5. How did Lillian Gilbreth often begin her platform appearances?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

8. What was the Family Council?

9. Describe Frank Gilbreth, Sr.

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

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