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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. Who arranged Eleanor's travel schedule in the Soviet Union?

2. Which two people died within a two-week period in 1941

3. To whom did Eleanor give her big house after Franklin died?

4. How long did Eleanor serve at the UN?

5. Why did Eleanor worry about the situation in the Soviet Union?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Eleanor react to adjusting to a life without Franklin?

2. Why do you think Eleanor took her granddaughter around the world at such a young age?

3. Describe how Eleanor became involved in the United Nations.

4. Recount Eleanor's visit to London during WWII explaining what her aunt remarked on after her visit with the royal family.

5. Describe Eleanor's trip to the Pacific.

6. Where was Eleanor and what was she doing when the news of Pearl Harbor breaks?

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

8. Who comes to visit the White House in early 1944?

9. What did Eleanor learn about Hong Kong in the mid-1950s?

10. Compare Eleanor's views of how Russians were helping the world and how Americans were helping the world in 1959.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did less well-known people play in Eleanor's book? What advantages and disadvantages were there to having so many people in this book? Would you have preferred that Eleanor included fewer people? Why?

Essay Topic 2

How did certain events in Eleanor's book evoke a climatic feeling? What is it about Franklin's death that evokes a sense of climax? Does it have anything to do with anticipation or what you already knew before you read Eleanor's book?

Essay Topic 3

What is the purpose of juxtaposition in literature? Describe one discipline in Eleanor's book that you think is a good example of a juxtaposition of another discipline. Why do you think she may have presented concepts in her book this way?

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