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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following places did Eleanor not take her granddaughter to in 1959?

2. What was Eleanor doing when the news of Pearl Harbor reached her?

3. Eleanor tried to understand the Russians, unlike _____.

4. How many months of the year was Eleanor working for the UN?

5. Where did Franklin travel for a war conference in 1944?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did less well-known people play in Eleanor's book? What advantages and disadvantages were there to having so many people in this book? Would you have preferred that Eleanor included fewer people? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Eleanor and Franklin. How were they different? How were they the same?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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