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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. Which of her children did Eleanor have the most difficulty sending to boarding school?
(a) All of them.
(b) Her oldest daughter.
(c) Her youngest.
(d) Her first son.

2. In Chapter 7, what position was Franklin appointed to?
(a) Assistant secretary of the navy.
(b) Education ambassador.
(c) Governor.
(d) Vice president.

3. Where did Eleanor and her family move in Chapter 6?
(a) New York City.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) Albany.
(d) Boston.

4. With whom did Eleanor work on the League of Women Voters?
(a) Jane Addams.
(b) Elizabeth Read.
(c) Dorothea Dix.
(d) Gloria Steinem.

5. How old was Eleanor when Franklin proposed to her?
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 31.
(d) 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Franklin do after losing the vice presidential election?

2. Why did the Roosevelt family begin to spend summers in Florida?

3. Which of the following was not a type of lesson Eleanor took?

4. Where did Eleanor and Franklin spend the summer with Franklin's family?

5. What didn't Eleanor consent to, as First Lady?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Eleanor like in large groups as a teenager?

2. What sorts of activities did Eleanor become involved in when the family moved to New York?

3. Eleanor and Franklin were cousins. During the early 1900's, how socially acceptable was the practice of dating and marrying a cousin?

4. What description does Eleanor give about Campobello?

5. Eleanor states that she didn't like being separated from her children. Do you think this affected her duties as a politician's wife? Why?

6. What were some of Eleanor's strengths? What were some of her weaknesses?

7. Why do you think Eleanor took her granddaughter around the world at such a young age?

8. Eleanor's role as a mother and wife changed a bit during WWI. What did she see as her main duties?

9. Describe Franklin's death and funeral.

10. How did Eleanor react to adjusting to a life without Franklin?

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