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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 and her younger sons see in Europe?
(a) Bombs.
(b) The queen of England.
(c) The WWI battlefields.
(d) Art museums.

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

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

4. Why did the Roosevelt family begin to spend summers in Florida?
(a) Extended family moved there.
(b) It had fun places to vacation.
(c) Because of Franklin's health.
(d) It was a new tourist attraction.

5. What sort of problem did Elliott Roosevelt have?
(a) He was too generous.
(b) He drank too much.
(c) He was a politician.
(d) He was a gambler.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Eleanor and Franklin contract typhoid fever?

2. What didn't Eleanor consent to, as First Lady?

3. How were Eleanor and Franklin related?

4. What position did Eleanor take on WWI?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Eleanor's role as a mother and wife changed a bit during WWI. What did she see as her main duties?

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

5. How did Franklin's vice-presidential nomination affect Eleanor?

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

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

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

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

10. How did Eleanor become aware at a young age that there is much suffering in the world?

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