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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 happened to Martha's two canaries during their summer travel?

2. When a psychologist came to visit, what prank did the children play on her?

3. How did the children feel when they experienced luxury?

4. How did the older children feel about the outlandish stories the media wrote about the Gilbreth family?

5. Where did the family vacation every summer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the boat bring out Dad's sense of imaginative play?

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

6. While the family was on summer vacation, what educational strategies did Dad employ?

7. Describe the incident when Dad fell overboard the boat.

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

9. At what point in their relationship did Mother and Dad agree they would like a large family with twelve children?

10. What event prompted the children to loosen up and behave as they normally would?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Dad was an efficiency expert who implemented many time-management techniques into the Gilbreth household. Cite at least three examples of this and discuss Dad's obsession for never wasting time.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, Dad displayed a unique balance between his sense of humor and love for practical jokes and his leadership as a strict taskmaster. Discuss Dad's personality and how it influenced his family.

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