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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four: Cousin Franklin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's looks as a young girl?
(a) She was not considered attractive.
(b) She was handsome but not beautiful.
(c) She was a beauty.
(d) She was half-paralyzed by an infant illness.

2. How did Eleanor Roosevelt change under Mlle. Souvestre's influence?
(a) She became more stubborn.
(b) She saw through the eyes of people who didn't have her comforts.
(c) She lost her fears.
(d) She learned to hold her tongue.

3. What misfortune struck Eleanor Roosevelt at age ten?
(a) Her parents died.
(b) A farm accident.
(c) Polio.
(d) Her sister died.

4. Who accompanied Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their visits?
(a) A chaperone.
(b) Mlle. Souvestre.
(c) His mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

5. When did Eleanor start to see Franklin regularly?
(a) Before she left England.
(b) Right after retuning to the U.S.
(c) The winter of her coming out.
(d) When she turned twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Sara Roosevelt's response to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's engagement?

2. What did Eleanor think about Franklin?

3. What was a sign of being a 'fast woman'?

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

5. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt reacted to the Secret Service's objections?

(see the answer key)

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