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

2. Where was Franklin in the fall of 1928?

3. Where did Franklin attend law school?

4. Who escorted Eleanor home at the end of her first year of boarding school?

5. For what publication did Eleanor write a weekly column?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Eleanor's relationship with her biological parents.

9. 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?

10. What description does Eleanor give about Campobello?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Eleanor and Franklin. How were they different? How were they the same?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the way Eleanor addressed the role of women in her book. Why did she choose to address this topic in particular? Did you learn anything about the role of women that you didn't know before?

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