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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physical symptom did Theodore suffer from during the confirmation battle?
(a) Headaches
(b) Ear infection
(c) Anxiety
(d) Intestinal pain

2. Who did Teddy go on a collecting trip with?
(a) Henry Minor
(b) Benjamin Walsh
(c) George Van Dyke
(d) Alexander Davis

3. Who had been the leading candidate for the nomination?
(a) Roscoe Conkling
(b) Benjamin H. Bristow
(c) Chester Arthur
(d) James G. Blaine

4. What word best describes Ellie as a child?
(a) Ugly
(b) Small
(c) Shy
(d) Kind

5. What did Teedie often miss because of his attacks?
(a) School
(b) Dinner
(c) Church services
(d) Outings with his family

Short Answer Questions

1. What treatment in Teedie's childhood is closest to modern drugs for asthma?

2. Who remained in Paris when the family left?

3. What color did Mittie like to wear?

4. When did the family arrive in Paris?

5. Teedie was born in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Theodore after the failed nomination?

2. Where did the family go in the summer of 1871 and 1872? What did they do while they were there?

3. What was the trip like for the family? Where did they go?

4. Where did the best times for the family occur? What made this the place of the best times?

5. How did people deal with asthma at the time that Teedie lived? What did the family use to try to control or stop the attacks?

6. What was Teedie like when he entered Harvard? What did he look like?

7. What was Theodore, Sr. like? Describe his personality and interests?

8. What was the new house like? Why did the family move into it before it was finished?

9. How did Theodore, Sr. become involved in the politics in New York?

10. What trip did the family leave on? Where did they go first? Why did they go there?

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