1. How did Lillian Gilbreth often begin her platform appearances?
(a) With a humorous anecdote about her family.
(b) With one minute of silence to calm her nerves before speaking.
(c) With one of her children by her side.
(d) With a dictionary definition of whatever she planned to stress in her comments.

2. What elements of the novel does Ernestine Gilbreth Carey introduce in the Preface of the book?
(a) Detailed accounts of the personality of each member of the Gilbreth family.
(b) Her parents and a detailed account of the birth of each child in the Gilbreth family.
(c) Her parents, the household dynamics of the Gilbreth family, and the popularity of the book.
(d) Each of the lessons learned in the Gilbreth household as the children grew up.

3. Which of the following is not a reason that the family outing was a disaster?
(a) The boys started goofing off.
(b) Mother was not amused by Dad's antics.
(c) The girls were embarrassed by their clothes.
(d) The car engine failed, and they could not drive home.

4. What did the children do before they left the area where they ate lunch?
(a) They picked up all of the garbage, including the garbage left by other people.
(b) They sang songs together.
(c) They played a practical joke on Dad.
(d) They took turns reciting things they had learned from Mother and Dad's lessons.

5. Much to Dad's dismay, what happened when he attempted to build a cement bird bath?
(a) Bill built one also, but much faster than Dad.
(b) The children told him they thought it was a boring project.
(c) He used too much sand, and it fell apart when he took it out of the mold.
(d) The children ran into it while playing and ruined it.