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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the family's main concern while the house was built?
(a) Impending war with England
(b) Mittie's forgetfulness
(c) Teedie's health
(d) Finding money for other lodging

2. What put strain on the household, on the Roosevelt's marriage, and Mittie's strength?
(a) Ellie's cancer
(b) Teedie's education
(c) The household slaves
(d) The Civil War

3. Who served as pastor to the family when they were out of the country?
(a) Bamie
(b) Theodore
(c) Teedie
(d) Mittie

4. Who died in October 1864?
(a) Mittie
(b) Aunt Anna
(c) Mrs. Bulloch
(d) Bamie

5. Where was Ellie sent for his health?
(a) Aruba
(b) Texas
(c) France
(d) Ohio

6. Why didn't Theodore, Sr. serve to the post he was appointed to?
(a) Theodore was elected President soon after
(b) Theodore turned down the post
(c) Theodore died before he could take the post
(d) The nominating committee rejected his appointment

7. Who remained in Paris when the family left?
(a) Mittie
(b) Theodore
(c) Bamie
(d) Teedie

8. On what street did Theodore decide to build the new house?
(a) 57th
(b) 24th
(c) Main
(d) Grand

9. What club did Theodore join?
(a) Republican Reform Club
(b) American Automobile Association
(c) New York Artists Cooperative
(d) New Yorkers for the Betterment of Asylums

10. Ellie began suffering from what?
(a) Multiple Personality Disorder
(b) Asthma
(c) Seizures
(d) Blindness

11. Who opposed Theodore's appointment to the post he was being considered for?
(a) Senator Conkling
(b) Mittie
(c) President Hayes
(d) John Jay

12. The best times for the family were spent where?
(a) Grand River
(b) The Gulf of Mexico
(c) Oyster Bay
(d) Lake Michigan

13. How long did the Roosevelt family plan to be in Europe?
(a) Three years
(b) One year
(c) Two weeks
(d) Five months

14. What illness did Teedie suffer from?
(a) Rabies
(b) Cholera
(c) Asthma
(d) Amnesia

15. What did the family put on the back piazza?
(a) Weight equipment
(b) Teedie's animal specimens
(c) A bedroom
(d) An art studio

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Teedie have a fear of?

2. What was Theodore diagnosed with?

3. In what year did the family leave for its European vacation?

4. Which of the following did the boys climb?

5. Asthma has been described as a cry for who?

(see the answer keys)

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