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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. What did Marquis de Mores build on the plains?

2. Where was the double funeral held?

3. Who did Theodore work to impeach?

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

5. How old was Alice when she met Theodore?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What challenges were present in Theodore and Alice's relationship? How did Theodore overcome these?

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

7. What did Theodore blame Harvard for? Why?

8. What was Theodore like at the time that he joined the Assembly? What did others notice about him?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Teedie's asthma affect both him and his family? Give specific examples from the book to support your answer. How did the family treat Teedie's illness?

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

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?

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