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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the family have to postpone because of the delays with the house?
(a) Aunt Sarah's wedding
(b) Bamie's debut
(c) Moving into the house until it was completed
(d) Their annual Independence party

2. Which of the children most closely resembled Theodore, Sr.?
(a) Teedie
(b) Ellie
(c) Bamie
(d) Conie

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

4. What was Theodore diagnosed with?
(a) IBD
(b) Cancer
(c) Acute peritonitis
(d) Brain tumor

5. What word best describes Ellie as a child?
(a) Ugly
(b) Shy
(c) Kind
(d) Small

6. What is the first stage of an attack?
(a) A tightening of the chest
(b) The heart stopping
(c) A tingling in the fingers
(d) A pain in the stomach

7. What was one of Teedie's outstanding features?
(a) Receeding hair
(b) Small hands
(c) Large teeth
(d) Tall frame

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

9. What was under construction on the west side of Central Park?
(a) National Institute of Art
(b) American Insitute of Modern Art
(c) National Museum of American History
(d) American Museum of Natural History

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

11. During the summers of 1871 and 1872, the family stayed along what river?
(a) Amazon River
(b) Grand River
(c) Missouri River
(d) Hudson River

12. Roscoe Conkling wanted to run for what office?
(a) Representative
(b) President
(c) Senator
(d) Governor

13. When did the Roosevelts return to the United States?
(a) January 1863
(b) August 1847
(c) October 1894
(d) May 1870

14. What was a common method to treat asthma during Teedie's childhood?
(a) Running around the house
(b) Drinking black coffee
(c) Eating sugar
(d) Dancing

15. Where did the family go in October 1872?
(a) Brazil
(b) China
(c) England
(d) The Nile

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died in 1871?

2. Asthma attacks, in general, frequently occur when during the day?

3. What keeps a child from breathing during an attack?

4. What did Theodore believe would help Teedie's health?

5. Who moved to the north with Mittie?

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