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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 did Dad do every summer on their family vacation?
(a) He talked about moving the family there permanently.
(b) He tried to teach Mother how to swim.
(c) He took a nap every day.
(d) He played the guitar and sang songs with the children.

2. Which of the following does the reader learn in Chapter 14?
(a) Dad was passionate about photography, and it sometimes hurt the family.
(b) Mother never wanted her picture taken, but she was supportive of Dad's hobby.
(c) Dad dabbled in photography, but it never became his strong passion.
(d) Dad never expected the children to help him with his motion study projects.

3. In Chapter 8, to where did Mother travel with the children?
(a) To Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to visit Dad.
(b) To California to visit her relatives.
(c) To Boston to visit her parents.
(d) To Connecticut to visit Uncle Fred.

4. What were Mother's parents concerned about?
(a) They didn't think they would be able to take a nap with all of the noise.
(b) They were worried about Baby Fred, who was sick.
(c) They were concerned about Mother working so hard.
(d) They thought the children did not feel at home.

5. Where was the last Gilbreth child born?
(a) Outside near the water.
(b) In a train station.
(c) At Mother's parents' house.
(d) In a hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Dad make the children swim every day?

2. How did Dad assign positions on the boat to the children?

3. Which of Mother's plans was disrupted?

4. How did the children respond when Aunt Anne made changes to the household?

5. When the children got measles, what did Dad do?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the children arrived at Mother's relatives' home, how did they behave initially?

2. What event prompted the children to loosen up and behave as they normally would?

3. What did Dad attempt to do each year on their summer vacation, which caused tension between him and Mother?

4. How did Dad reinforce the importance of good table manners?

5. Why did Dad insist on setting up movie cameras when the children had their tonsils removed?

6. When the children needed to have their tonsils removed, whose tonsils were removed, even though they didn't need to be?

7. Describe the incident when Dad fell overboard the boat.

8. When Mother traveled alone with the children to visit her relatives in California, what challenges did she face?

9. Why did Dad have the children collect wooden pencils?

10. Where did Mother and Dad first meet, and how did he try to impress her?

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