View a FREE sample

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 university did Theodore Roosevelt attend?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Rutgers University.

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

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

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

5. Thomas Roosevelt’s family largely spent their summers at an estate located where?
(a) Oyster Bay, New York.
(b) Brighton Beach, New York.
(c) Coney Island, New York.
(d) Richfield Springs, New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what date was Theodore Roosevelt born?

3. Theodore Roosevelt, Senior received an appointment as Collector of Customs to the Port of New York by what U.S. President?

4. In what year did Theodore Roosevelt graduate magna cum laude from college?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 247 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample