2. The sharpest division in the student body was between who?
(a) Those who lived in New England and those from the South
(b) Those who were the sons of Boston's elite and those who were not
(c) Those who excelled in course and those who did not
(d) Those who were athletic and those who were not

3. What mountain did Theodore climb?
(a) Everest
(b) Matterhorn
(c) K2
(d) McKinley

4. What did Mittie die of?
(a) Heart attack
(b) Thypoid fever
(c) Scarlet fever
(d) Influenza

5. Who mattered most to Bamie?
(a) Theodore
(b) Corinne
(c) Douglas
(d) Elliott

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal did Elliott hunt?

2. Who took over supervising the house at Oyster Bay?

3. When did the formal announcement of Theodore and Alice's engagement appear?

4. How much money did Theodore lose in the West?

5. What did Marquis de Mores build on the plains?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Theodore react to Alice's death? What decisions are made in the family?

3. Compare and contrast Elliott and Theodore in the events of Chapter 11. How are they similar or different?

4. What did Theodore do in the West? How did his business there end?

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

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

7. What activities does Theodore become involved with in Chapter 13? What activities does he begin to give up?

8. What did Theodore blame Harvard for? Why?

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

10. What challenges were present in Theodore and Alice's engagement? How did they overcome these challenges?

(see the answer keys)

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