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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. What did Franklin do after losing the vice presidential election?

2. What was the name of Eleanor and Franklin's first son?

3. With whom did Eleanor travel during holidays when she was in boarding school?

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

5. How did Eleanor and Franklin contract typhoid fever?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eleanor used a narrative point of view throughout her entire book, as it is an autobiography. What are the pros and cons of using this point of view in this particular situation?

Essay Topic 2

Summarize Eleanor's family of origin. Why would Eleanor include these chapters in her book? What information did she give about her mother, father, and siblings?

Essay Topic 3

What is the purpose of juxtaposition in literature? Describe one discipline in Eleanor's book that you think is a good example of a juxtaposition of another discipline. Why do you think she may have presented concepts in her book this way?

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