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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight: A President's Wife.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Franklin Roosevelt's reaction to his paralysis?
(a) He accepted it with equanimity.
(b) He became depressed and angry.
(c) He investigated every scientific cure.
(d) He believed he would walk again.

2. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's looks?
(a) She was indistinct.
(b) She was a beauty.
(c) She was plain.
(d) She was a horror.

3. Which child of Eleanor Roosevelt's died in infancy?
(a) James Roosevelt.
(b) Anna Roosevelt.
(c) Franklin Jr.
(d) Elliot.

4. Where did Franklin Roosevelt attend law school?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

5. What does Freedman say the Secret Service gave Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) A budget.
(b) A gun.
(c) Top secret security clearance.
(d) Her own car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What responsibility did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt say the government bore?

2. With whom did Eleanor Roosevelt fly from Baltimore to Washington D.C.?

3. What did Eleanor Roosevelt feel her husband did to her lifestyle by running for President?

4. When was Eleanor Roosevelt's first child born?

5. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's looks as a young girl?

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