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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. Which of her children did Eleanor have the most difficulty sending to boarding school?
(a) Her oldest daughter.
(b) All of them.
(c) Her first son.
(d) Her youngest.

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

3. Whom did Eleanor live with after her mother died?
(a) Grandmother Hall.
(b) Her father.
(c) Foster parents.
(d) Her older sister.

4. Where did Eleanor go after finishing school?
(a) Italy.
(b) New York.
(c) Asia.
(d) South Africa.

5. With whom did Eleanor travel during holidays when she was in boarding school?
(a) Grandmother Hall.
(b) Franklin.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Mlle. Souvestre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Franklin in the fall of 1928?

2. What did Eleanor and Franklin always have together after she returned from a trip?

3. Where was Eleanor when the declaration of war was delivered to Congress?

4. Why was the First Lady able to travel without being recognized?

5. What happened to Franklin in August 1921?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. How was Eleanor introduced to politics? What was her attitude toward them at first?

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

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