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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, “The Biggest Man in New York”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Theodore Roosevelt’s mother die of on the same day that his wife died?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) A brain aneurysm.
(c) Bright’s disease.
(d) Typhoid fever.

2. On what date did Anna Hall Roosevelt die?
(a) December 7, 1892.
(b) December 2, 1886.
(c) February 12, 1884.
(d) September 13, 1887.

3. When was Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Alice Lee Roosevelt born?
(a) January 14, 1883.
(b) February 12, 1884.
(c) October 27, 1858.
(d) October 28, 1881.

4. What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s brother who suffered from alcoholism?
(a) Paul Roosevelt.
(b) Elliott Roosevelt.
(c) Andrew Roosevelt.
(d) James Roosevelt.

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) Richfield Springs, New York.
(d) Coney Island, New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While on his spring tour honeymoon of Europe with his wife Alice, Theodore Roosevelt learned of whose assassination?

3. Who were the other Civil Service Commissioners alongside Theodore Roosevelt?

4. Whose biography did Theodore Roosevelt begin writing at Sagamore Hill in 1887?

5. On what date was Theodore Roosevelt born?

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