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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Dakota Territory, Roosevelt enjoyed celebrity status for his capture of the cattle thieves who stole his boat. He was then asked to give a speech at a political celebration in what town on July 4, according to the author in Chapter 13, “The Long Arm of the Law”?
(a) Westport.
(b) Jamestown.
(c) Winley.
(d) Dickinson.

2. Who was elected as Speaker in the New York Assembly in 1881 and 1882?
(a) Isaac Hunt.
(b) George Edmunds.
(c) Benjamin Harrison.
(d) Charles Patterson.

3. While searching for the cattle thieves that he believed stole his boat, Theodore Roosevelt met and befriended what famous sheriff of Deadwood, South Dakota?
(a) Seth Bullock.
(b) Joe Ferris.
(c) Thomas Hart Benton.
(d) James G. Blaine.

4. Where did Theodore and Alice Roosevelt retreat for the month of July as construction continued on Roosevelt’s mansion at Oyster Bay, according to the author in Chapter 7, “The Fighting Cock”?
(a) Richfield Springs, New York.
(b) Brighton Beach, New York.
(c) The Pyramid Park Hotel.
(d) Coney Island, New York.

5. Theodore Roosevelt, Senior received an appointment as Collector of Customs to the Port of New York by what U.S. President?
(a) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) James Garfield.
(d) William McKinley.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the winter when Theodore Roosevelt was wooing Alice Lee, he took a vacation to what location in Maine, according to the author in Chapter 4, “The Swell in the Dog-Cart”?

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

4. Where did Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Lee Roosevelt settle in New York after their brief stay at the Roosevelts’ estate on Long Island after their marriage?

5. In how many of his seven subjects did Theodore Roosevelt earn honors at the completion of his freshman year in college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed in the journal writings of Theodore Roosevelt in 1870, as seen in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”? What were his interests?

2. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s impressions of Albany after arriving as an assemblyman in Chapter 6, “The Cyclone Assemblyman”?

3. When and where was Theodore Roosevelt born? How is his infancy described in Chapter 1, “The Very Small Person”?

4. Where did Theodore Roosevelt live during his studies at Harvard? How is this setting described in Chapter 3, “The Man with the Morning in His Face”?

5. Where did Theodore Roosevelt travel to marry Edith Carow? Whom did he meet on this trip, according to the author in Chapter 14, “The Next Mayor of New York”?

6. How is Theodore Roosevelt’s term as assemblyman described in 1883 in Chapter 7, “The Fighting Cock”?

7. What led Theodore Roosevelt to campaign in the New York Mayoral elections, according to the author in Chapter 14, “The Next Mayor of New York”?

8. What scenario does the author present surrounding Theodore Roosevelt in the Prologue of the biography? What setting is described?

9. What were Theodore Roosevelt’s principle objectives as assemblyman during his third term, according to the author in Chapter 9, “The Honorable Gentleman”?

10. Whom did Theodore Roosevelt encounter in jail when he returned to the Dakotas in Chapter 12, “The Four-Eyed Maverick”? Why?

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