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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. Where did Theodore purchase land?

2. In what year did Theodore and Alice first meet?

3. How did Corinne feel about her engagement?

4. Where did Elliott go?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What post was Theodore nominated for? What happened? Who did he become engaged to? Why was the family taken back by this?

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

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

4. How did Theodore define a ranchman? Did Theodore fit this definition?

5. What changes took place in the Roosevelt family in the months following the wedding?

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

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

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

9. What was the Cigar Bill? How was Theodore involved with this bill?

10. Who did Theodore support at the Republican National Convention? Who did he not want to get the nomination? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the events and activities of the Republican National Conventions that Theodore Sr. and Theodore Jr. participated in. How did the father and son respond to the conventions and the nominees? Include specific information from the book in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What physical illnesses did various members of the Roosevelt family deal with? What effects did these illnesses have on the individuals and on the family? Who do you think was most successful at handling their illness?

Essay Topic 3

What event(s) do you think was most important in Theodore, Jr.'s early life? Why? How did this event shape his personality, beliefs, or goals in life? Provide specific information from the book to support your answer.

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