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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. Who died at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Franklin.
(b) Grandmother Hall.
(c) Eleanor's younger brother.
(d) Eleanor's mother.

2. Where did Eleanor's Aunt Bye live?
(a) Washington, DC.
(b) Boston.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) New York City.

3. How old was Eleanor when Franklin proposed to her?
(a) 16.
(b) 23.
(c) 19.
(d) 31.

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

5. What position was Franklin campaigning for in 1910?
(a) Representative.
(b) Governor.
(c) State senator.
(d) Mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1916, where did the Roosevelts spend the summer?

2. How did the social structure in Washington change after the war began?

3. With whom did Eleanor work on the League of Women Voters?

4. Where did the Roosevelts spend election night of 1936?

5. After the vice presidential election, where did the Roosevelts move?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What sorts of activities did Eleanor become involved in when the family moved to New York?

3. Describe Eleanor's feelings when her daughter, Anna, went to boarding school.

4. How did the structure of social life change when the United States entered WWI?

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

6. Describe the process of how Franklin was elected governor of New York, including the Democratic Convention.

7. During her first years as First Lady, what seemed to have affected Eleanor the most as she made her trips around the United States?

8. Why do you think it was the hardest for Eleanor to send her youngest child to boarding school?

9. Summarize Eleanor's first ten years of marriage. What were her main duties?

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

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