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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. What does Eleanor visit on the Gila River in Arizona?
(a) An artist colony
(b) A Japanese internment camp
(c) A desert camp
(d) A dude ranch

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

3. Where does Roosevelt spend election night in 1944?
(a) Washington
(b) Hyde Park
(c) London
(d) Campobello

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

5. Who is angered by a meeting held between Roosevelt and Churchill in August of 1943?
(a) Adolf Hitler
(b) Lucy Mercer
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt
(d) Joseph Stalin

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What medication is prescribed for Roosevelt?

3. Where did Eleanor stay when she visited England in October of 1942?

4. Where does Eleanor travel to visit with U.S. soldiers?

5. Which one of the Roosevelt children takes over the running of a Seattle newspaper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the GI Bill.

2. Explain the Smith-Connally Act.

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

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

5. How did Eleanor come to terms with her husband's infidelities over the years?

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

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

8. What happened in the aftermath of Franklin's death?

9. Explain the role of women in industry during World War II.

10. Explain the role of antisemitism in Americans turning away shiploads of European refugees in 1942?

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