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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 type of book is "You Learn By Living"?
(a) a novel
(b) a historical narrative
(c) an inspirational book
(d) an educational book

2. What does Eleanor Roosevelt claim she does not have in regards to life and living?
(a) coping skills
(b) happiness
(c) all the answers
(d) prestige

3. How does keeping up with one's interests as well as one's joys in life affect the life of a child, according to Ms. Roosevelt?
(a) it teaches the child to be patient
(b) it teaches the child joy
(c) it teaches the child to respect his/her parents
(d) it teaches the child independence

4. What does a parent's interests and array of different friends do for children?
(a) broadens their horizons
(b) broadens their sense of self
(c) challenges them to be their best
(d) makes them feel safe

5. What are the best years of a women's life?
(a) it varies by the individual
(b) a woman who is about to marry
(c) it depends on when a woman finds her true calling
(d) a woman who is raising children

Short Answer Questions

1. Above all else, what does Eleanor Roosevelt wish for all her reader do in regard to the uses of time?

2. What will mature people do for themselves even though no one else may see or even notice?

3. What do many American businessmen do which alienates their wives and denies their children of a relationship with their father?

4. What must the foreign doctor Eleanor Roosevelt speaks of do upon immigration to the United States?

5. What instigated the writing of "You Learn By Living"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt offer to people to help steer them from pitfalls?

2. What is the third tip and example that Eleanor Roosevelt gives about using time wisely?

3. What does Eleanor Roosevelt warn against when one begins to have children and start a family and why does she suggest this?

4. What is Eleanor Roosevelt's first tip on how to use time wisely and what is the example that she uses to illustrate her point?

5. What is the second tip and example that Eleanor Roosevelt gives about using time wisely?

6. in what way does Eleanor Roosevelt revise her definition of maturity?

7. What is the fourth tip and example that Eleanor Roosevelt gives about using time wisely?

8. As a timid child, how does Eleanor Roosevelt overcome most of her fears?

9. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe is the most essential thing for the continuance of an adult education?

10. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say about death, especially after the loss of her husband?

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