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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did Roosevelt leave for boarding school?
(a) 9
(b) 12
(c) 14
(d) 13

2. What did Roosevelt do on May 26, 1940, for which he will be remembered?
(a) Got an artificial leg
(b) Delivered a fireside chat
(c) Declared war on Germany
(d) Met with Winston Churchill

3. Who is Harry Hopkins?
(a) Franklin's valet
(b) Franklin's tailor
(c) Franklin's best friend
(d) Franklin's political advisor

4. What role does Eleanor take on after Franklin's illness?
(a) Legal counselor
(b) Secretary
(c) Mistress
(d) Business partner

5. What city did the Germans capture on June 14, 1940?
(a) Dunkirk
(b) Paris
(c) Normandy
(d) Rome

6. To which of her children did Eleanor become closest?
(a) James
(b) Elliott
(c) Sara
(d) Ann

7. What is the name of the proposal Roosevelt devised to help the British?
(a) Lend-Lease
(b) The New Deal
(c) Greater Britain
(d) A Better Deal for Britain

8. Why does the Civil Rights movement surge again at this time?
(a) Black churches are burned in New York
(b) Black voters are denied voter registration
(c) War plants would not hire black workers
(d) White schools will not enroll black children

9. How old is Franklin D. Roosevelt at the beginning of the book?
(a) 58
(b) 48
(c) 63
(d) 53

10. What was Eleanor's position on war?
(a) She was pro-war in all cases
(b) There are some times when war is justified
(c) War is a necessary part of life
(d) She was against all wars

11. When did the first U.S. troops go to Britain in World War II?
(a) December, 1941
(b) January, 1941
(c) February, 1943
(d) January, 1942

12. What did Roosevelt call the war in Europe in a speech in May of 1941?
(a) The War to End All Wars
(b) A war for World Domination
(c) Nobility in Action
(d) Our Finest Hour

13. This chapter focuses on Franklin's ______________________________.
(a) Yachting trips
(b) Nomination for a third term as President
(c) Trips to Warm Springs
(d) Diagnosis of polio

14. How often did Roosevelt deliver his fireside chats?
(a) Every week
(b) About twice a year
(c) Once a year
(d) Every month

15. What is the name of the cottage built for Eleanor on the Hyde Park estate?
(a) Magnolia
(b) Val-Kill
(c) Petit Park
(d) Solitude

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Allied troops escaped to England in the "miracle of Dunkirk?"

2. What is Eleanor Roosevelt's opinion on money spent on war?

3. Where was the New York City apartment maintained by Eleanor Roosevelt?

4. Which public figured denounced the Lend-Lease aid?

5. What was Eleanor's relation to Theodore Roosevelt?

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