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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing that no human being can avoid, according to Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) achieving their dreams
(b) relying on the kindness of others
(c) making mistakes
(d) being uncertain about life

2. From whom does Eleanor Roosevelt inherit her good will?
(a) her husband
(b) her mentors
(c) her children
(d) her female friends

3. How do unhappy people treat their time?
(a) unhappy people use their time for pleasure
(b) unhappy people have no idea what to do with their time
(c) unhappy people give their time away to other's discretion
(d) unhappy people feel a sense of guilt about their time

4. What conversational game does Ruth Bryan Rohde explain to Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) the alphabet game
(b) the name game
(c) the numbers game
(d) the game of telephone

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

6. What historical people does Eleanor Roosevelt compare the modern world to in regards to describing the irrationality of fear?
(a) the courage of the Pilgrims
(b) the courage of the Founding Fathers
(c) the courage of the First Explorers
(d) the courage of the Native Americans

7. What does the book provide for the reader in order for the reader to become successful?
(a) encouragement
(b) advice
(c) love
(d) compassion

8. What example does Eleanor Roosevelt use as a way to describe how to accept others?
(a) husbands forgetting to clean up after themselves
(b) husbands forgetting birthdays and anniversaries
(c) husbands not helping with raising children
(d) husbands not willing to cook and clean

9. Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) the winner of the Pulitzer Prize
(b) the first Congresswoman
(c) the former First Lady
(d) a Nobel Laureate

10. What two types of trips does Eleanor Roosevelt make?
(a) to lecture or to travel for the AAUN
(b) to lecture and to accompany her husband
(c) to travel for the AAUN and to promote literacy
(d) to travel for the AAUN and to shop

11. After Eleanor's husband dies, who does she turn to in order to stave off loneliness?
(a) her secretary
(b) her children
(c) her doctor
(d) her neighbor

12. What does Eleanor do in order to attend the play in which she is forbidden to see?
(a) she steals
(b) she lies
(c) she convinces her guardians to let her go
(d) she becomes an actress

13. What does Eleanor Roosevelt claim she does not have in regards to life and living?
(a) coping skills
(b) all the answers
(c) prestige
(d) happiness

14. What does Eleanor Roosevelt overhear her youngest son praise about having chance to pursue because of the support he received from his parents?
(a) his attendance at a prestigious college
(b) his ability study abroad
(c) his ability to find a suitable job
(d) his visit to Arthurdale

15. What journey does Eleanor Roosevelt describe as being one of great influences of her childhood?
(a) the journey to Great Britain
(b) the journey to Washington, D.C.
(c) the journey to France
(d) the journey to Italy

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what is the best way people learn?

3. What does Eleanor Roosevelt offer to her readers instead of answers?

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is the most influential factor in her life?

5. What kind of person does Eleanor Roosevelt describe as being unhappy and thus having no idea what to do with their time?

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