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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 cared for little Alice?

2. What did people in the Assembly notice about Theodore?

3. Theodore judged a third of the members of the Assembly to be what?

4. Mittie introduced Alice to what?

5. In 1882, Theodore was made the Republican nominee for what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What issue did Theodore become involved with during his first year? Why did Theodore push for this action? What eventually happened.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the family dynamics in the Roosevelt family. What were the four children like? What challenges did the family face? How did they deal with these challenges?

Essay Topic 2

Describe what family life was like for the Roosevelts. Where did they travel to? What benefits were Theodore and Mittie able to offer their children? Do you think the family was a positive or negative one for the family members. Give specific information from the book to back up your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What was Theodore's connection to the West? How did he describe ranchmen? Do you think Theodore fit the criteria for ranchmen? Why or why not? What do you think Theodore liked about the West?

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