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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. How were Eleanor and Franklin related?

2. Why didn't the Roosevelts return from their summer vacation on time?

3. Where did Eleanor and her siblings spend the winters?

4. Where was the Roosevelts' youngest son at boarding school?

5. What did Eleanor and her younger sons see in Europe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Eleanor's increasing independence in Chapter 8.

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

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

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

8. Rather than being in public office throughout most of the 1920's, what was Franklin doing instead?

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

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

What effect did being part of the presidential family have on Eleanor's book? How did it add to the information in the book?

Essay Topic 2

What do you think was Eleanor's main goal in writing this book? What did she want readers to take away from the book, or to understand better after reading it?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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