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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laura say to her nieces and nephews regarding their use of time?
(a) it is their responsibility to be on time for appointments
(b) it is their responsibility to be eager to share time with others
(c) it is their responsibility to make the best use of their time
(d) it is their responsibility to use time to their advantage

2. How does Eleanor Roosevelt diminish her fear of the dark?
(a) She retrieves food for her aunt in the dark
(b) She retrieves ice for her aunt in the dark
(c) She retrieves medicine for her aunt in the dark
(d) She retrieves a blanket for her aunt in the dark

3. What must parents know about their children that will help their children dismantle their own fears and inhibitions?
(a) parents must know when children are ready to chose for themselves
(b) parents must know when children are ready to become independent
(c) parents must know when children are ready to make ethical decisions
(d) parents must know when children are ready to discipline themselves

4. What do Eleanor Roosevelt's children think of her friends?
(a) they find them interesting
(b) they find them too old to relate to
(c) they find them thrilling
(d) they find them boring

5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say can become a danger if one becomes too absorbed in it?
(a) self-esteem
(b) self-evaluation
(c) self-efficacy
(d) self-respect

6. What does Miss Hickok lose?
(a) her speech
(b) her eyesight
(c) the use of her legs
(d) her hearing

7. Where does courage sometimes come from?
(a) undeniable loneliness and hardship
(b) sheer exhaustion and abandonment
(c) sheer desperation in having to face the inevitable
(d) sheer exasperation at the event that has occurred

8. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is absolutely necessary to keep in life since knowledge often changes?
(a) flexibility of character
(b) flexibility of circumstance
(c) flexibility of body
(d) flexibility of mind

9. What do most of the people who admire Eleanor Roosevelt want to know about her life?
(a) how she was able to stay strong through hard times
(b) how she planned her career
(c) how see fell in love and married
(d) how she became the First Lady

10. Above all else, what does Eleanor Roosevelt wish for all her reader do in regard to the uses of time?
(a) use time as a means to an end
(b) use time for personal improvement
(c) use time wisely
(d) use time to create a better life

11. Who does Eleanor Roosevelt say has the ability to focus only on one thing at a time, and focus very well?
(a) her husband
(b) her children
(c) her aunt
(d) herself

12. What does Eleanor Roosevelt encourage her readers to take into consideration when they weight the content of her book?
(a) that one method can be limiting
(b) that one method does not work for everyone
(c) that one method is how she became successful
(d) that one method is the best solution for learning

13. What are many people afraid to use in their own lives that might truly benefit them and their personal dreams?
(a) their talents
(b) their confidence
(c) their capabilities
(d) their skills

14. What is essentially easier and more exhilarating than fear?
(a) perseverance
(b) success
(c) tenacity
(d) courage

15. What does self-knowledge require?
(a) acceptance
(b) heroics
(c) inner calm
(d) humility

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is necessary to accept in others?

2. What are men taught to do from their youth?

3. What does Eleanor Roosevelt offer in order to steer others from pitfalls?

4. According to Ms. Roosevelt, what does meeting and overcoming an impossible situation teach people?

5. What makes the inevitable and natural experience of death easier according to Eleanor Roosevelt?

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