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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was the Armistice signed?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1916.

2. Where did Eleanor and her siblings spend the winters?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York City.
(c) Florida.
(d) Philadelphia.

3. What was held in Houston in 1928?
(a) It is unclear.
(b) The Democratic Convention.
(c) The World's Fair.
(d) The Republican Caucus.

4. Why did Eleanor feel uncomfortable at parties?
(a) She couldn't dance and felt awkward around boys.
(b) She hated dresses.
(c) She felt she was too short.
(d) Everyone would stare at her and Franklin.

5. From what did Ellie die?
(a) Polio.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Mumps.
(d) Scarlet fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eleanor's impression of Puerto Rico?

2. What occurred at the 1920 Democratic convention?

3. Where did Eleanor teach for a short while?

4. Which of the following countries did Eleanor and Franklin not visit the summer after they were married?

5. Where was Eleanor appalled at the living conditions of residents?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much of Eleanor's advice do you think Franklin took seriously? Why do you think that?

2. Describe Eleanor's "coming out" as a debutante..

3. How did Eleanor's relationship with her mother-in-law change in Chapter 11?

4. How did the relationship between Eleanor and Franklin evolve?

5. What was Eleanor's description of when Franklin won the presidential election?

6. Eleanor and Franklin were cousins. During the early 1900's, how socially acceptable was the practice of dating and marrying a cousin?

7. Rather than being in public office throughout most of the 1920's, what was Franklin doing instead?

8. Describe Eleanor and Franklin's wedding.

9. Eleanor states that she didn't like being separated from her children. Do you think this affected her duties as a politician's wife? Why?

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

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