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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four: Cousin Franklin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What words did Eleanor Roosevelt use to describe her looks?
(a) Deformed.
(b) Handsome.
(c) Ungainly.
(d) Rather ugly.

2. What was the Junior League's purpose?
(a) To help the needy.
(b) To raise money for political parties.
(c) To organize the poor politically.
(d) To educate workers.

3. How does Freedman characterize Eleanor Roosevelt's social demeanor at age 18?
(a) Humble and religious.
(b) Awkward and shy.
(c) Pleasant and gracious.
(d) Aggressive and political.

4. What did Elliot Roosevelt die of?
(a) An accident.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Shipwreck.
(d) Tuberculosis.

5. When were Eleanor Roosevelt's parents' married?
(a) 1883.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1864.
(d) 1893.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freedman say was the effect of this nickname?

2. What did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt do at the Harvard-Yale game?

3. What did Anna Roosevelt die of?

4. What made Eleanor Roosevelt's uncle dangerous?

5. How did Eleanor Roosevelt react to her father's death, in Freedman's account?

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