Mornings on Horseback | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Part 1, Chapter 1 Greatheart's Circle

1. How many children lived in the Roosevelt house in 1869?

Four

2. In what city did the Roosevelts live?

New York

3. The house's piazza was used as what?

A playroom

4. What did CVS Roosevelt give to Theodore, Sr. and his wife as a wedding gift?

Their house in New York

5. What was Theodore Sr.'s true vocation?

Charity work

6. Which of the children most closely resembled Theodore, Sr.?

Bamie

7. Bamie was ill with what disease?

Pott's disease

8. What word best describes Teedie at the age of ten?

Nervous

9. What illness did Teedie suffer from?

Asthma

10. Who tutored the children?

Aunt Anna

11. What word best describes Ellie as a child?

Kind

12. What was Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt's name?

Mittie

Part 1, Chapter 2 Lady from the South

1. The Bullochs were from what state?

Georgia