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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. Who prepared the home for Eleanor and Franklin after they were married?
(a) Aunt Bye.
(b) Franklin's mother.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) A housekeeper.

2. Who became governor of New York when Eleanor was in boarding school?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

3. How old was Anna when she was sent to boarding school?
(a) 11.
(b) It is unclear.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

4. How were Eleanor and Franklin related?
(a) Step-siblings.
(b) Half-siblings.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Fourth cousins.

5. What was Eleanor's impression of Puerto Rico?
(a) There were horrible living conditions.
(b) The residents lived quite comfortably.
(c) It was a rich man's paradise.
(d) The people were very rude.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1915, where was the World's Fair held?

2. What didn't Eleanor consent to, as First Lady?

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

4. Whom does Eleanor introduce at the beginning of her book?

5. Where was Eleanor appalled at the living conditions of residents?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the process of how Franklin was elected governor of New York, including the Democratic Convention.

2. Eleanor and Franklin were cousins. During the early 1900's, how socially acceptable was the practice of dating and marrying a cousin?

3. How did Eleanor's relationship with her mother-in-law change in Chapter 11?

4. Describe Eleanor's trip to the Pacific.

5. Eleanor states that she didn't like being separated from her children. Do you think this affected her duties as a politician's wife? Why?

6. What did Eleanor learn about Hong Kong in the mid-1950s?

7. How did Eleanor react to adjusting to a life without Franklin?

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

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

10. What was Eleanor's impression of the refugee camps in the Middle East?

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