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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although the children didn't have an interest in skipping grades, what was their motivation to try to achieve it anyway?

2. How did Mother approach her disagreement with Dad in a particular area of parenting?

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

4. Using a method he designed, what experiment did Dad conduct with the children?

5. Whom did Dad pretend to be after a woman commented about the children?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the Family Council?

3. What did "Visiting Mrs. Murphy" mean to the Gilbreth family?

4. How did Dad often surprise the family?

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

6. What are two examples of how Dad was intimately involved with the children's schooling?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mother and Dad were raised differently and developed different personalities as a result. Compare and contrast Mother and Dad from this point of view.

Essay Topic 2

While Mother came from a well-to-do, reserved family, the book shares how they were very accepting of Dad's boisterous personality and the lively Gilbreth clan. Discuss the irony of Mother's family's background with their acceptance of the Gilbreth family. Cite three examples of their love and acceptance.

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing was used twice in the book to express Dad's anxieties about dying at a young age. Cite two specific examples of this from the book and how the examples foreshadowed Dad's actual death at age 55.

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