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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character offers to help with the children in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Anna.
(b) Missy.
(c) Sara.
(d) Mr. Howe.

2. Which character describes FDR as having "the body of a bull - disposition of a lamb?"
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Sara.
(c) Mr. Howe.
(d) Dr. Bennett.

3. Which character is dressed as an Indian at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) FDR.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Elliott.

4. Why does FDR feel lonely in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Eleanor spends most of her day at social clubs.
(b) The children are away at school.
(c) He cannot be involved in other people's lives.
(d) None of his friends visit.

5. Why can't FDR wear his leg braces?
(a) They don't fit under his trousers.
(b) One of the straps is broken.
(c) They are painful.
(d) They don't fit.

6. In the opening of Act 1, Scene 1, where has FDR been all day?
(a) Outside playing with his children.
(b) In his office.
(c) Hunting.
(d) At the country club.

7. Which character dances for FDR in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Mr. Howe.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Anna.
(d) Jimmy.

8. What is Mr. Brimmer going to build for FDR?
(a) Dirigibles.
(b) Wider door frames.
(c) Dinghies.
(d) A custom-made wheelchair.

9. How much time has passed between the end of Act 1, Scene 1, and the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Six months.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Three months.
(d) Three weeks.

10. In Act 1, Scene 2, where does Eleanor wish FDR could be moved?
(a) Downstairs.
(b) To their home in Hyde Park.
(c) To the large hospital in Columbus.
(d) To a modern hospital in New York.

11. Where is Dr. Lovett's practice?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Ontario.

12. Which character comforts Jimmy about FDR's condition at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Missy.
(c) Louis Howe.
(d) Sara.

13. What does Eleanor hand to Missy in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) Her coat.
(c) FDR's hat.
(d) Get-well cards.

14. What language does Granny encourage the children to speak?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Itallian.
(d) Spanish.

15. What diagnosis does the first specialist in Act 1, Scene 2, give for FDR's condition?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) A pulled muscle.
(c) A clot on the spinal cord.
(d) Arthritis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Eleanor get a private nurse to tend FDR?

2. When is Act 2, Scene 1 set?

3. Which two characters argue about FDR's future at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

4. In Act 1, Scene 1, which child is given a piggy-back ride up the stairs?

5. Where is FDR being transported to in Act 1, Scene 3?

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