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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Theodore Roosevelt built a ranch in the Dakota Territory named Elk Horn. This ranch was located 35 miles from what boomtown?
(a) Medora, North Dakota.
(b) Fargo, North Dakota.
(c) Bismarck, North Dakota.
(d) Minot, North Dakota.

2. In Chapter 9, “The Honorable Gentleman,” the author states that Theodore Roosevelt succeeded in pushing three pieces of legislations through, including a reform of what?
(a) New York City’s ports.
(b) New York City’s policemen.
(c) New York City’s transportation system.
(d) New York City's aldermen.

3. Who won the election for the Mayor of New York in 1886?
(a) Abram Hewitt.
(b) Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice.
(c) George Edmunds.
(d) Henry Cabot Lodge.

4. Where was Theodore Roosevelt’s mother from?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

5. When Theodore Roosevelt took up sporting with hounds in 1885, he injured himself where on his first trip out?
(a) His neck.
(b) His shoulder.
(c) His knee.
(d) His hip.

6. What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s mother?
(a) Maria Bertrand Roosevelt.
(b) Martha Bulloch Roosevelt.
(c) Mary Elizabeth Roosevelt.
(d) Sarah Eleanor Roosevelt.

7. What was the name of the horse that Theodore Roosevelt had sent to Cambridge in order to pursue his courtship of Alice Lee?
(a) Golden Rod.
(b) Black Beauty.
(c) Blackie.
(d) Lightfoot.

8. What physical ailment frequently caused problems for Theodore Roosevelt during his childhood?
(a) Autism.
(b) Crohn’s disease.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Epilepsy.

9. What trademark greeting is Theodore Roosevelt described as having used when shaking the hands of his visitors at the White House in the book’s Prologue?
(a) “Ciao!”
(b) “Good to meet you!”
(c) “Delighted!”
(d) “Hello!”’

10. Theodore Roosevelt, Senior received an appointment as Collector of Customs to the Port of New York by what U.S. President?
(a) James Garfield.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(d) William McKinley.

11. In investigating corruption in the case of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad and the City of New York, Theodore Roosevelt’s findings demanded further investigation of what two individuals in 1881-1882?
(a) Judge Westbrook and Attorney General Ward.
(b) Judge Williamson and Attorney General Smith.
(c) Charles Patterson and Judge Anderson.
(d) Judge Jasper and Attorney General Swift.

12. Who beat Theodore Roosevelt for the position of Speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1884?
(a) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(b) James G. Blaine.
(c) George Edmunds.
(d) Titus Sheard.

13. Theodore Roosevelt began courting Edith Carow how long after the death of his first wife, according to the author in Chapter 12, “The Four-Eyed Maverick”?
(a) 20 months later.
(b) 4 years later.
(c) 2 months later.
(d) 6 months later.

14. While at the 1884 Republican Convention, Theodore Roosevelt learned that who planned to veto several of his bills, according to the author in Chapter 10, “The Delegate-at-Large”?
(a) George Edmunds.
(b) James G. Blaine.
(c) Titus Sheard.
(d) Grover Cleveland.

15. What did Theodore Roosevelt’s mother die of on the same day that his wife died?
(a) Bright’s disease.
(b) A brain aneurysm.
(c) Typhoid fever.
(d) Lung cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In how many of his seven subjects did Theodore Roosevelt earn honors at the completion of his freshman year in college?

2. Following the death of his wife and mother, Theodore Roosevelt sold his house and his mother’s and moved his daughter and her caretaker to a smaller place located where in New York City?

3. What was the first work that Theodore Roosevelt published following his first year at college?

4. Before departing the Dakota Territory from his first visit, Theodore Roosevelt purchased what property to use as a cattle ranch?

5. What friends from Maine did Theodore Roosevelt hire to manage his new ranch Elk Horn in the Dakotas?

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