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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. What was the name of the second nature book that Theodore Roosevelt published while he was still enrolled in college?
(a) A Biography of Gouveneur Morris.
(b) Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay.
(c) The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks.
(d) Hunting Tips of a Ranchman.

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

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

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 Klamath River.
(b) The Arkansas River.
(c) The Little Missouri River.
(d) The Colorado River.

5. On what date was Theodore Roosevelt born?
(a) October 27, 1858.
(b) October 28, 1881.
(c) February 12, 1840.
(d) October 21, 1841.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what nickname was Theodore Roosevelt’s sister, Anna Roosevelt, known?

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

3. Thomas Roosevelt’s family largely spent their summers at an estate located where?

4. Before departing the Dakota Territory from his first visit, Theodore Roosevelt purchased what property to use as a cattle ranch?

5. From whose brother did Theodore Roosevelt purchase the lands in the Dakota Territory that he planned to use as a cattle ranch?

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