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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. Who was the last Gilbreth child to be born?
(a) Jane.
(b) Martha.
(c) Lill.
(d) Fred.

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

3. Once Dad became a parent, what did he quickly learn about children, which contradicted his theories?
(a) Babies cry and sleep often.
(b) Children don't talk right after birth, and they don't instinctively swim.
(c) Children would rather play than study.
(d) Children do not always obey their parents.

4. Where did the children have their tonsils taken out?
(a) At their Grandma Gilbreth's house.
(b) In their home.
(c) At a large, prestigious hospital in Chicago.
(d) At a specialized clinic.

5. How did the children rebel during the tea party?
(a) They sang very loudly at the table.
(b) They snuck into the kitchen to steal sweets.
(c) They played in the sprinkler and became soaking wet.
(d) They hid from their grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gender did Dad want their first child to be?

2. Where did the family vacation every summer?

3. Following his filming of the surgeries, what did the photographer communicate to Dad?

4. Where did the family usually stay on their way to their vacation destination?

5. In Chapter 8, what does the reader learn about Mother's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. While the family was on summer vacation, what educational strategies did Dad employ?

2. What did the children begin to associate with Mother being pregnant?

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

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

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

6. How did the children get along with Mother's relatives in California?

7. What didn't Dad believe in, which he told the children they weren't allowed to do?

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

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

10. What happened to Martha's canaries when they were traveling to Nantucket, Massachusetts?

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