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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. To whom does Eleanor give a tour of the White House?
(a) Bess and Margaret Truman
(b) Harry and Bess Truman
(c) Bess Truman
(d) Margaret Truman

2. What does Roosevelt do for the first time at a joint session of Congress?
(a) Appears in a wheelchair
(b) Refuses to give a speech
(c) Breaks down and cries
(d) Yells at the attendants

3. Who monitored Roosevelt's increasing periods of ill health?
(a) Lorena Hickok
(b) Anna Roosevelt
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt
(d) Lucy Mercer

4. Who did Eleanor support for both his runs for the presidency?
(a) Adlai Stevenson
(b) Harry Truman
(c) Alfred Dewey
(d) Dwight Eisenhower

5. Where was Roosevelt buried?
(a) Washington
(b) Campobello
(c) Hyde Park
(d) New York

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is angered by a meeting held between Roosevelt and Churchill in August of 1943?

2. What is Roosevelt doing when he collapses?

3. Where do Franklin and Eleanor meet with the Churchills in August of 1944?

4. Where does Roosevelt spend election night in 1944?

5. What is noteworthy about the new defense plants?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the state of Roosevelt's health during the 1944 campaign and to what extent did the American people know about his health?

2. Despite the devastation of war, what encouraging things did Eleanor witness when visiting England in the fall of 1942?

3. How did Eleanor come to terms with her husband's infidelities over the years?

4. What was the agenda for each of the "Big Three" leaders at the Yalta Conference?

5. Explain the role of women in industry during World War II.

6. Explain the GI Bill.

7. Explain the war effort in Russian and Stalin's ultimate goal.

8. Explain the role that Anna Roosevelt plays in her parents' lives at the beginning of 1944.

9. What did Eleanor do with her life after Franklin's death?

10. What was the state of Franklin's health in 1944?

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