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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two: Poor Little Rich Girl.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What difficulties does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady through?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The Great War.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) The Depression.

2. What words did Eleanor Roosevelt use to describe her looks?
(a) Ungainly.
(b) Deformed.
(c) Rather ugly.
(d) Handsome.

3. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt did about this feeling?
(a) Argued fiercely.
(b) Talked herself out of it.
(c) Argued fiercely.
(d) Kept silent.

4. What modest claim does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt made about her work as First Lady?
(a) She learned everything she knew from Franklin.
(b) Even an untalented person like her could change the world.
(c) She couldn't have done her work without a talented staff of assistants.
(d) She owed everything to her faith in God.

5. What does Freedman say were Eleanor Roosevelt's feelings about her father?
(a) Resistance.
(b) Hostility.
(c) She did not know him.
(d) Adoration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freedman say the Secret Service gave Eleanor Roosevelt?

2. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt did to the position of First Lady?

3. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's personality as a child?

4. What does Freedman say was the effect of this nickname?

5. To what does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt devoted her time after her husband died?

(see the answer key)

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