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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eleanor realize other women could give Franklin that she could not?
(a) Sexual attention
(b) Intellectual debate
(c) Relaxation
(d) Emotional support

2. What important conference does Roosevelt attend in January of 1945?
(a) The United Nations Conference
(b) The League of Nations Conference
(c) The Yalta Conference
(d) The auto workers Conference

3. Who arranges for Lucy Mercer to visit Roosevelt every time Eleanor traveled?
(a) Anna Roosevelt
(b) Eleanor Roosevelt
(c) Elliott Roosevelt
(d) Lucy Mercer

4. Who dies at the beginning of Chapter 21?
(a) Lucy Mercer
(b) Winston Churchill
(c) Missy LeHand
(d) Lorena Hickok

5. What medication is prescribed for Roosevelt?
(a) Augmentin
(b) Zocor
(c) Digitalis
(d) Insulin

6. What strikes Eleanor upon her return trip?
(a) Depression
(b) Fatigue
(c) Cancer
(d) Anxiety

7. What is Roosevelt's destination for a two-week visit on March 24, 1945?
(a) London
(b) Warm Springs, Georgia
(c) Hyde Park
(d) Campobello

8. Whose arrest added to the encouraging war news from abroad?
(a) Eichmann
(b) Mussolini
(c) Goebbels
(d) Hitler

9. Who moves into the White House permanently to serve as Roosevelt's hostess and secretary?
(a) Lorena Hickok
(b) Anna Roosevelt
(c) Lucy Mercer
(d) Missy LeHand

10. What happens two weeks after Roosevelt's death?
(a) Truman moves into the White House
(b) Churchill dies of a stroke
(c) Eleanor dies of a heart attack
(d) The Allies declare victory in Europe

11. In what year did Eleanor Roosevelt die?
(a) 1960
(b) 1958
(c) 1962
(d) 1952

12. In what condition is the White House when the Trumans move in?
(a) A little shoddy
(b) Pristine and gleaming
(c) Dirty and rundown
(d) Practically vacant

13. Where is Roosevelt given a physical at the urging of his daughter, Anna?
(a) Columbia Medical Center
(b) Bethesda Naval Hospital
(c) Johns Hopkins
(d) Duke University

14. What did Roosevelt try to arrange before the Congressional election in 1942?
(a) The invasion of North Africa
(b) His bid for reelection
(c) The resignation of the Secretary of War
(d) The declaration of war on Germany

15. What does Roosevelt do for the first time at a joint session of Congress?
(a) Appears in a wheelchair
(b) Refuses to give a speech
(c) Yells at the attendants
(d) Breaks down and cries

Short Answer Questions

1. In what organization did Eleanor become a vital force?

2. Who is blamed for black women quitting their jobs as domestics to work in factories?

3. What did Winston Churchill become after World War II?

4. Who was Fala?

5. Who arranges and pays for a portrait of Roosevelt?

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