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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 did Eleanor do during the years of the Depression?
(a) Wrote in a journal.
(b) Nursed Franklin back to health.
(c) Took care of her oldest children.
(d) Worked in radio.

2. Where did Eleanor teach for a short while?
(a) St. David's School.
(b) The Todhunter School.
(c) Boston.
(d) Paris.

3. Who escorted Eleanor home at the end of her first year of boarding school?
(a) Aunt Pussie.
(b) Her older sister.
(c) Franklin.
(d) Her father.

4. What did Franklin do after losing the vice presidential election?
(a) Decided to run for president.
(b) Spent more time with his family.
(c) Started an accounting practice.
(d) Formed a law firm.

5. Where did Eleanor and Franklin spend their honeymoon?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Hyde Park.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Franklin toured Latin America, what was Eleanor doing?

2. To what city did the Roosevelts move in 1913?

3. Which of her children did Eleanor have the most difficulty sending to boarding school?

4. What did Eleanor and her younger sons see in Europe?

5. Which of the following was not a type of lesson Eleanor took?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What view did Eleanor have of World War I? How do readers know?

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

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

7. What sorts of travel experiences did Eleanor have as a young girl?

8. What was Eleanor like in large groups as a teenager?

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

10. Describe Eleanor's opinion of Secret Service protection.

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