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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Theodore Roosevelt’s mother from?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Arkansas.

2. Who did Theodore Roosevelt hire as a local guide on his first trip to the Dakota Territory?
(a) Joe Ferris.
(b) Charles Patterson.
(c) Isaac Hunt.
(d) John Long.

3. What is the highest mountain in Maine that Theodore Roosevelt set out to climb in his junior year of college?
(a) Mount Katahdin.
(b) Mount McKinley.
(c) Mount Harrison.
(d) Mount Ozark.

4. Theodore Roosevelt began his trip to the Dakota Territory at a rough hotel along the banks of what river, according to the author in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”?
(a) The Colorado River.
(b) The Klamath River.
(c) The Arkansas River.
(d) The Little Missouri River.

5. When Theodore Roosevelt first visited the Dakota Territory, what location was used as his base of operations, according to the author in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”?
(a) Lang’s cabin.
(b) Isaac Hunt’s home.
(c) The Pyramid Park Hotel.
(d) The Clemson Tavern.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what address did the Roosevelt family live when Theodore Roosevelt was born?

2. What name did Theodore Roosevelt plan to give to the estate that he built on Long Island for Alice Lee?

3. What was the first work that Theodore Roosevelt published following his first year at college?

4. What was the name of the second nature book that Theodore Roosevelt published while he was still enrolled in college?

5. What was the name of the horse that Theodore Roosevelt had sent to Cambridge in order to pursue his courtship of Alice Lee?

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