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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. Who took over supervising the house at Oyster Bay?

2. What animal did Elliott hunt?

3. During Theodore's junior year, he found himself as what?

4. Most people thought Theodore was likable, but also __________________.

5. How long had Elliott been gone when we returned to the family?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Theodore do at the convention? What was the outcome?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was Harvard like at the time that Theodore was attending?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the lives and activities of the two Roosevelt boys (Theodore and Elliott) and the two girls (Bamie and Corinne). What differences in their activities and the expectations that others had for them existed? Why do you think these differences were present?

Essay Topic 2

How did the deaths of Theodore, Sr. and Mittie affect their children? What changes occurred to the family after their deaths? Give specific examples from the book to back up your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How did Theodore meet Alice? What challenges did they face in their relationship? What did they do to overcome these? Do you think they had a happy marriage? Why or why not? Back up your answer with information from the book.

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