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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Franklin and Eleanor meet with the Churchills in August of 1944?
(a) Maine
(b) Vancouver
(c) Quebec
(d) New York

2. What wedding anniversary do Franklin and Eleanor celebrate in 1943?
(a) 20th
(b) 15th
(c) 10th
(d) 12th

3. What subject did not garner much interest among Americans?
(a) The murder of Jewish people in Germany
(b) The war effort in North Africa
(c) The FDIC
(d) Japanese art and culture

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

5. To whom did Lucy Mercer send a sympathy letter after Franklin's death?
(a) Elliott Roosevelt
(b) Elizabeth Roosevelt
(c) John Roosevelt
(d) Anna Roosevelt

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Franklin and Eleanor at the beginning of Chapter 24?

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

3. With whom had Franklin fallen in love during the early years of his marriage to Eleanor?

4. In what condition is the White House when the Trumans move in?

5. What major military event occurs on June 6, 1944?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the war effort in Russian and Stalin's ultimate goal.

2. Explain the contrasts in Franklin and Eleanor's personalities that ultimately made their marriage troublesome.

3. What was the outcome of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944?

4. How did Eleanor find personal fulfillment by the end of November, 1944?

5. What was Eleanor's perspective on the Japanese internment camps in the U.S.?

6. What became of the Roosevelts' closest companions after the Roosevelt White House years?

7. Why are Bess and Margaret Truman shocked at the state of the White House?

8. Explain the Smith-Connally Act.

9. Despite the devastation of war, what encouraging things did Eleanor witness when visiting England in the fall of 1942?

10. What is the state of the Roosevelts' marriage by the end of 1944?

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