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18 Cards in this Set
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How did Mother and Father meet?
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They met in Boston; one of Dad's cousin's introduced them.
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What color hair did all of the children have?
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Red
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Dad promised the children there would be no formal teaching during the summer. However, what was the one thing he wanted them to learn informally?
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Morse Code
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What was the job that Lill placed a bid on for only forty-seven cents?
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To paint the fence.
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What did Dad call the summer home?
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The Shoe
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How did Chapter 8 get the title Touch System?
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Dad used a keyboard to teach the children how to type.
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Who was the oldest child?
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Anne
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What was Father's occupation?
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Motion study
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What was Mother's occupation?
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Psychologist
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What was the questions the children asked when mother told them about flowers and bees?
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Where do babies come from?
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What was the Assembly Call?
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Father blew a whistle and the children lined up in front of him.
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Where did Mother grow up?
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Oakland, California
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Who wrote the book?
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Frank and Ernestine Gilbreth?
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Why did Dad want to videotape the Doctor removing the children's tonsils?
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So he could study the tape and discover a more efficient way to perform the surgery.
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How did the children get the nickname "Orphans in uniform"?
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They were wearing white "dusters" one day when they went to town. People saw them and thought they were "orphans in uniform".
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How many lighthouses did the Gilbreths have at the family summer home?
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Two
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Why did the children run through the sprinkler with their new clothes on?
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They hated the clothes.
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When Billy was in the kitchen with the cook, he did something that was dangerous. What was it?
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Billy pushed the cook in the oven.
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