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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. What gender did Dad want their first child to be?
2. Which of the following does the reader learn in Chapter 14?
3. What did Dad do every summer on their family vacation?
4. Who tried to teach the Gilbreth children where babies come from?
5. What is the primary focus of Chapter 15?
Short Essay Questions
1. While the family was on summer vacation, what educational strategies did Dad employ?
2. What did Dad attempt to do each year on their summer vacation, which caused tension between him and Mother?
3. How were the children trained to treat house guests?
4. When a psychologist came to visit, why did the children retaliate against her?
5. What did the children begin to associate with Mother being pregnant?
6. At what point in their relationship did Mother and Dad agree they would like a large family with twelve children?
7. When Mother traveled alone with the children to visit her relatives in California, what challenges did she face?
8. When the children arrived at Mother's relatives' home, how did they behave initially?
9. Why did Dad insist on setting up movie cameras when the children had their tonsils removed?
10. What happened to Martha's canaries when they were traveling to Nantucket, Massachusetts?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identify three themes of the book "Cheaper by the Dozen." Which theme was the strongest focus of the book? Cite five examples of this theme being used as a focus of the book.
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
The book "Cheaper by the Dozen" became very popular around the world. Discuss the popularity of the book. Speculate on why people are drawn to the stories about the Gilbreth family.
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