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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ch. 6, Learning to be Useful.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who raised Eleanor Roosevelt from the age of seven?
(a) her father
(b) her aunt
(c) her grandmother
(d) her cousin

2. What is Eleanor Roosevelt terrified of as a young woman, but is forced to treat during World War I?
(a) insanity
(b) polio
(c) influenza
(d) small pox

3. What kind of person does Eleanor Roosevelt describe as being unhappy and thus having no idea what to do with their time?
(a) a father who is left to look after his children
(b) a woman who has a career and a family
(c) a man who has two careers
(d) a mother whose children have grown and left home

4. What are the three environments in which people obtain their education?
(a) at home, on the playground, and on holiday
(b) at home, at school, and from life
(c) at home, at school, and with friends
(d) at home, at school, and at play

5. What are Eleanor Roosevelt's two remedies for weariness caused by over-activity?
(a) rest and change
(b) travel and relaxation
(c) good food and sleep
(d) relaxation and change

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Hickok do to cope with her own personal health disaster?

2. Why do women have an advantage over men?

3. How does Eleanor Roosevelt overcome her fear of nearly everything as a timid child?

4. Who does Eleanor Roosevelt say has the ability to focus only on one thing at a time, and focus very well?

5. Above all else, what does Eleanor Roosevelt wish for all her reader do in regard to the uses of time?

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