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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what do hundreds of thousands Allied soldiers prepare in the spring of 1944?
(a) Another attack by the Axis forces
(b) Continuing rations
(c) The end of the war
(d) D-Day

2. Who was Fala?
(a) Roosevelt's dog
(b) Lucy Mercer's dog
(c) Roosevelt's pet name for Eleanor
(d) Roosevelt's nickname for Churchill

3. Who arranges and pays for a portrait of Roosevelt?
(a) Lucy Mercer
(b) Missy LeHand
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt

4. Who led a miners' strike in June of 1943?
(a) Lorena Hickok
(b) Eleanor Roosevelt
(c) Lucy Mercer
(d) John L. Lewis

5. What condition did another doctor find when examining Roosevelt?
(a) Kidney stones
(b) Stomach cancer
(c) Failing eyesight
(d) Lung failure

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

7. What does Franklin ask of Eleanor at this time?
(a) To remain home and return to being his wife
(b) To replace the domestic staff
(c) To divorce him
(d) To help him write his memoirs

8. With what disease is Roosevelt diagnosed?
(a) Lung cancer
(b) Mesothelioma
(c) Congestive heart failure
(d) Diabetes

9. Where was Roosevelt buried?
(a) Washington
(b) Hyde Park
(c) Campobello
(d) New York

10. What major military event occurs on June 6, 1944?
(a) The capture of Hitler
(b) The end of the war
(c) The execution of Mussolini
(d) D-Day

11. With whom was Eleanor allowed to visit on this trip?
(a) General Patton
(b) Winston Churchill
(c) Joseph Lash
(d) General Eisenhower

12. Which one of the Roosevelt children did Eleanor visit while in England?
(a) Elliott
(b) John
(c) Sara
(d) Anna

13. Who was Roosevelt's Republican opponent in the presidential election of 1944?
(a) George Patton
(b) Teddy Roosevelt
(c) Thomas Dewey
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower

14. What staple item is added to the ration list by Thanksgiving of 1942?
(a) sweet potatoes
(b) turkey
(c) coffee
(d) tea

15. What topic became of supreme interest for Eleanor?
(a) Energy conservation
(b) Grants for agricultural businesses
(c) Equal treatment for Negro servicemen
(d) Funding for hair salons

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was with Roosevelt on his two-week vacation?

2. Who visited Roosevelt under an assumed name?

3. What important conference does Roosevelt attend in January of 1945?

4. To whom does Eleanor give a tour of the White House?

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

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