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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 is the title of Chapter 13, "Have You Seen the Latest Model?" referring to?

2. Initially, which child did the doctor say did not need their tonsils out?

3. Where was the last Gilbreth child born?

4. Who was the last Gilbreth child to be born?

5. How did the children rebel during the tea party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was it about Dad's passion for photography which bothered the children?

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

6. Why were the children harassed at school?

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

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

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

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

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

In the area of the children's education, did Mother and Dad have similar or opposing viewpoints? In the area of religious training, did Mother and Dad have similar or opposing viewpoints? Compare or contrast Mother and Dad's viewpoints in these areas.

Essay Topic 3

Mother and Dad ran the household like a business and diligently worked to instill a strong work ethic into the children. Discuss what it means to have a strong work ethic. Cite three examples of Mother and Dad striving to instill this trait into the children.

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