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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 Grandma Gilbreth give to the children to help them ward off illness?
(a) Bibles.
(b) Camphor filled bags.
(c) Vitamins.
(d) Sweets.

2. What did the children's peers at school harass them about?
(a) Using wooden pencils.
(b) Having hired help at home.
(c) Owning a nice car.
(d) Their father being plump.

3. Which child was the only child allowed in the kitchen with the chef?
(a) Fred.
(b) Ernestine.
(c) Bill.
(d) Lill.

4. Why did Mother leave the hospital before giving birth to her seventh child?
(a) She was scared.
(b) She didn't like the hospital staff.
(c) She was lonely.
(d) The children missed her.

5. What didn't Dad believe in?
(a) God.
(b) Getting sick.
(c) Resting on the Sabbath.
(d) Going to the Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method did Dad use to reinforce the importance of social poise?

2. What happened to the children during their trip home?

3. How did Lill make a male house guest feel at home?

4. When the children got sick, what did Mother do?

5. While on the boat with the children, how did Dad fall overboard?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what condition were the children when Uncle Fred surprised them on the train, and how did he respond?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How were the children trained to treat house guests?

9. How many of the children were born at home, and what was Mother's only concern about delivering them at home?

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

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