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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. Where did Franklin attend law school?

2. Where did Eleanor and her family move in Chapter 6?

3. Whom did Eleanor live with after her mother died?

4. What did Franklin need in order to walk?

5. How did Eleanor feel in public situations in the early part of her marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Eleanor become aware at a young age that there is much suffering in the world?

2. How did Franklin eventually earn Stalin's respect and trust?

3. Eleanor states that she didn't like being separated from her children. Do you think this affected her duties as a politician's wife? Why?

4. Describe the process of approving the International Bill of Rights.

5. In the final chapter, what did Eleanor say her only objective in life was? Do you think she met this objective?

6. How much of Eleanor's advice do you think Franklin took seriously? Why do you think that?

7. Do you think Eleanor traveled too much in the years following Franklin's death? Describe why.

8. Describe Eleanor's trip to the Pacific.

9. How did Eleanor's relationship with her mother-in-law change in Chapter 11?

10. Eleanor and Franklin were cousins. During the early 1900's, how socially acceptable was the practice of dating and marrying a cousin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In many places in her book, Eleanor used imagery to describe certain people, places, or events. Using one specific example from Eleanor's book, describe how the imagery she provided adds to the reader's understanding and perception of her life.

Essay Topic 2

What effect did being part of the presidential family have on Eleanor's book? How did it add to the information in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the difference between denotation and connotation. How does this related to the word "wife" in terms of Eleanor's book?

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