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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Eleanor live with after her mother died?

2. Where did Franklin attend law school?

3. Where did the Franklins spend Sunday evenings?

4. What did Franklin need in order to walk?

5. Where did Eleanor's Aunt Bye live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What description does Eleanor give about Campobello?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did less well-known people play in Eleanor's book? What advantages and disadvantages were there to having so many people in this book? Would you have preferred that Eleanor included fewer people? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Eleanor include specific details about her wedding to Franklin in her book? What do you think she was trying to communicate to readers about her early relationship with Franklin by doing so?

Essay Topic 3

There are several humorous anecdotes Eleanor included in her book. Identify at least two of these instances and describe why Eleanor may have communicated an idea using an anecdote in this particular situation.

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