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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Eleanor and Franklin's first son?

2. Why did Eleanor feel uncomfortable at parties?

3. Did Eleanor actively campaign in Franklin's campaign for re-election in 1936?

4. What sort of lessons did Eleanor take after the vice presidential election?

5. Who else was on the Roosevelts' ship when they sailed home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Eleanor's impression of Yugoslavia and President Tito?

2. Describe Eleanor's increasing independence in Chapter 8.

3. Describe Eleanor's trip to the Pacific.

4. What is your impression of how Eleanor dealt with being First Lady during an international war?

5. Describe how Eleanor became involved in the United Nations.

6. How did Franklin eventually earn Stalin's respect and trust?

7. What differences between life in the East and West did Eleanor notice after visiting Yalta?

8. Describe Eleanor's relationship with her biological parents.

9. Who comes to visit the White House in early 1944?

10. What changes did Eleanor notice in Franklin in March 1945?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What effect did being part of the presidential family have on Eleanor's book? How did it add to the information in the book?

Essay Topic 2

How did certain events in Eleanor's book evoke a climatic feeling? What is it about Franklin's death that evokes a sense of climax? Does it have anything to do with anticipation or what you already knew before you read Eleanor's book?

Essay Topic 3

Eleanor used a narrative point of view throughout her entire book, as it is an autobiography. What are the pros and cons of using this point of view in this particular situation?

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