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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. How did Dad include his family in his work schedule?
(a) He always came home to eat lunch with the family.
(b) He held meetings with workers at his home.
(c) He allowed the children to come to work with him when he toured factories.
(d) He called the children on the telephone to help them with their school work.

2. What did the children do before they left the area where they ate lunch?
(a) They sang songs together.
(b) They played a practical joke on Dad.
(c) They took turns reciting things they had learned from Mother and Dad's lessons.
(d) They picked up all of the garbage, including the garbage left by other people.

3. The Preface provides a glimpse into which dynamics of the Gilbreth household?
(a) Interactions with grandparents and beloved staff.
(b) Shared responsibility for their dozens of pets.
(c) Constant disorder and misbehavior.
(d) Children frequently tattling on one another.

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

5. Whom did Dad pretend to be after a woman commented about the children?
(a) A policeman who was taking a group of undisciplined children to an orphanage.
(b) The leader of a group of circus performers.
(c) A teacher who was taking children on a field trip.
(d) A benevolent superintendent who was taking a group of orphans out for the day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Mother and Dad disagree about?

3. What influence did Dad's work life have on his home life?

4. What was one thing that Dad would not allow?

5. Which is an example of how Mother and Dad allowed the children to have a say in the running of the household?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Dad have a reputation for doing on family road trips, and how did Mother prepare for it?

3. Describe Frank Gilbreth, Sr.

4. What was the difference between Mother and Dad's views on child rearing?

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

6. When the Gilbreth's went out in their car, how did Dad handle the attention they received from onlookers?

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

8. In what ways did Dad demonstrate his interest in organization and time-management at home?

9. How did Mother respond when a women mistakenly though the family was a group of orphans, and Dad played along?

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

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