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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who cared for little Alice?
(a) Aunt Anna
(b) Corinne
(c) Bamie
(d) Elliott

2. Who did Theodore become engaged to?
(a) Betsy Gemna
(b) Edith Carow
(c) Abigail Long
(d) Sarah Hunt

3. After Elliott, who reached the house first to learn of Mittie and Alice?
(a) Bamie
(b) Corinne
(c) Theodore
(d) Aunt Anna

4. Who did Elliott marry?
(a) Elizabeth Ryan
(b) Sarah Lidstrom
(c) Grace Festling
(d) Anna Hall

5. What activity did Theodore start doing again?
(a) Playing football
(b) Singing
(c) Boxing
(d) Sailing

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Alice diagnosed with?

2. What did Mittie die of?

3. What bill did Theodore become involved with in his first year?

4. After Mittie died, how many more hours did Alice linger until she died?

5. How old was Theodore when he took office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes took place after Elliott's return for Theodore and Alice?

2. Where did Elliott go? What did he do while there? How did he learn of the family news?

3. What news reaches the family through telegrams? Who is first to reach the house?

4. What did Theodore blame Harvard for? Why?

5. How were Theodore's last two years at Harvard different from the first two? How were they similar?

6. What was Bamie's role in the family? Give examples from the book/chapter.

7. What happens to Mittie and Alice? What are they ill with?

8. What influence did his father have on Theodore's life while he was at Harvard?

9. What did Elliott do after he returned to New York from India? Where did he stay? Who did he meet?

10. How did Theodore get involved in politics? Who supported this? Who did not?

(see the answer keys)

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