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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since FDR cannot travel easily, what does Mr. Howe recommend he do to stay in touch with the public?
(a) Give radio addresses.
(b) Give speeches from his balcony.
(c) Hold press conferences.
(d) Write.

2. Why isn't there a phone in the house?
(a) Phone service was not available in Canada until after WWII.
(b) FDR did not wish to have a phone installed.
(c) The phone had not been invented yet.
(d) The house is too far away from the main town.

3. What diagnosis does Dr. Lovett give for FDR's condition?
(a) A clot on the spinal cord.
(b) Infantile paralysis.
(c) Spina bifida.
(d) Guillain-Barre syndrome.

4. Who writes FDR's speeches?
(a) Mr. Howe.
(b) FDR.
(c) Missy.
(d) Eleanor.

5. Why doesn't Eleanor get a private nurse to tend FDR?
(a) She doesn't trust other women around FDR.
(b) She fears FDR might fall again.
(c) They are too expensive.
(d) None are available in the remote area.

6. Who is Missy LeHand?
(a) FDR's private secretary.
(b) FDR's political adviser.
(c) The caretaker of the Roosevelts' summer home .
(d) The Roosevelt's maid.

7. Where is Act 2, Scene, 1 set?
(a) The living room of the Roosevelts' New York house.
(b) At the Roosevelts' summer home in Canada.
(c) Hyde Park.
(d) Yankee Stadium.

8. Why does FDR practice crawling?
(a) It is the fastest way for him to move.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He is tired of relying on others.
(d) He fears being trapped by a house fire.

9. What sends FDR to bed early in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A sudden pain in his back.
(b) A sharp pain in his right leg.
(c) A throbbing headache.
(d) An attack of indigestion.

10. Who is Duffy?
(a) FDR's political adviser.
(b) FDR's driver.
(c) A black Scottish terrier.
(d) The caretaker of the Roosevelts' summer home .

11. Which character believes that FDR's destiny is in politics?
(a) Mr. Howe.
(b) Edward.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) Jimmy.

12. What does Anna complain to Eleanor about in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Giving up her room to Mr. Howe.
(b) Sara.
(c) The rearranging of the furniture.
(d) The amount of time Eleanor spends out of the house.

13. In Act 1, Scene 2, when does the family expect to be able to move FDR to a hospital?
(a) In a few days.
(b) In two to three weeks.
(c) In two to three months.
(d) After six weeks.

14. Who is assigned the title role in the evening's play reading?
(a) Anna.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Marie.

15. Which character nervously fiddles with FDR's hat in Act 1, Scene 3, before handing it to him?
(a) Mr. Howe.
(b) Anna.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) Missy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is FDR leaving Campobello?

2. Where is Dr. Lovett's practice?

3. In Act 1, Scene 3, which character does FDR ask to come to the hospital on Thursday morning?

4. What does Eleanor not want her children to see?

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

(see the answer keys)

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