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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. Did Eleanor actively campaign in Franklin's campaign for re-election in 1936?
(a) It is not said.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, but just did administerial work.
(d) Yes, she was the director.

2. Where was Eleanor when the declaration of war was delivered to Congress?
(a) Boston.
(b) At Campobello.
(c) At home.
(d) The Visitor's Gallery.

3. Who helped care for the Roosevelts' children?
(a) Nurses.
(b) Aunt Pussie.
(c) Eleanor's sisters.
(d) Eleanor's mother.

4. What occurred at the 1920 Democratic convention?
(a) A meeting with European forces.
(b) Franklin was nominated for vice president.
(c) Franklin fell ill.
(d) Woodrow Wilson was elected president.

5. Who died at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Eleanor's younger brother.
(b) Franklin.
(c) Grandmother Hall.
(d) Eleanor's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Eleanor feel uncomfortable at parties?

2. Whom did Eleanor live with after her mother died?

3. Where did Eleanor and her siblings spend the summers?

4. Where did Franklin attend law school?

5. What did the Roosevelts create that promoted employment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Eleanor's opinion of Secret Service protection.

2. Compare Eleanor's views of how Russians were helping the world and how Americans were helping the world in 1959.

3. Describe Eleanor's trip to the Pacific.

4. Why do you think it was the hardest for Eleanor to send her youngest child to boarding school?

5. Describe Eleanor's "coming out" as a debutante..

6. Describe Eleanor's interactions with the King and Queen of Greece.

7. How did the structure of social life change when the United States entered WWI?

8. In what capacity was Eleanor involved in Adlai Stevenson's campaign?

9. How did Eleanor become aware at a young age that there is much suffering in the world?

10. How much of Eleanor's advice do you think Franklin took seriously? Why do you think that?

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