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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28, “The Man of Destiny”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Roosevelt and the Rough Riders land in Cuba during the Spanish-American War?
(a) Siboney.
(b) Pina del Rio.
(c) Puerto Padre.
(d) Daiquiri.

2. Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Lee on his birthday. How old did he turn on that day?
(a) 25.
(b) 26.
(c) 24.
(d) 22.

3. Who did Theodore Roosevelt visit in Boston after buying Elk Horn ranch in the Dakotas, according to the author in Chapter 11, “The Cowboy of the Present”?
(a) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(b) James G. Blaine.
(c) George Edmunds.
(d) Titus Sheard.

4. With what family did Theodore Roosevelt stay in Dresden when his family visited Europe, according to the author in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?
(a) The Butler family.
(b) The Horowitz family.
(c) The Pinkler family.
(d) The Minkwitz family.

5. When Theodore Roosevelt first took his friends from Maine to his Elk Horn ranch in the Dakotas, he enjoyed much success as a hunter, even killing what?
(a) A grizzly bear.
(b) An elk.
(c) A mountain lion.
(d) A buffalo.

Short Answer Questions

1. A severe U.S. winter in 1886-1887 wiped out most of Theodore Roosevelt’s herd of cattle and his investments of how much at Elk Horn ranch?

2. While searching for the cattle thieves that he believed stole his boat, Theodore Roosevelt met and befriended what famous sheriff of Deadwood, South Dakota?

3. When was The Naval War of 1812 originally published?

4. On what date does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt breaking into the executive mansion in Albany rather than waking his family in Chapter 27, “The Boy Governor”?

5. What did Theodore Roosevelt’s mother die of on the same day that his wife died?

(see the answer key)

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