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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens within one week of the event of December 7, 1941?
(a) The U.S. declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy
(b) Franklin's mother's funeral is held
(c) Eleanor and Franklin reconcile
(d) Eleanor moves out of the White House

2. Who is Harry Hopkins?
(a) Franklin's valet
(b) Franklin's tailor
(c) Franklin's best friend
(d) Franklin's political advisor

3. Which important Roosevelt family member dies at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Sara Roosevelt
(b) Elliott Roosevelt
(c) Teddy Roosevelt
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt

4. What was Roosevelt's opponent's position on a military draft?
(a) He favored it with limitations
(b) He opposed it
(c) He favored it
(d) He had no opinion on it

5. Who replaces Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of Great Britain?
(a) Cordell Hull
(b) Prince Charles
(c) Tony Blair
(d) Winston Churchill

6. What did average Americans collect to help the war effort?
(a) Rubber
(b) Stamps
(c) Sugar
(d) Scrap metal

7. What happened to Missy LeHand in June of 1941?
(a) She had a stroke
(b) She got married
(c) She published her memoirs
(d) She left Roosevelt's employment

8. Why are American Catholics opposed to helping the answer to #82 defend itself against Germany?
(a) There were too many atheists in the country
(b) They thought Italy should be protected first
(c) They opposed Communism
(d) They opposed war of any kind

9. What is Roosevelt's position regarding the war in Europe in May of 1940?
(a) He wants to help the Allies but knows it will not be a popular decision
(b) He wants to remain neutral
(c) He has ordered the deployment of troops
(d) He will not get involved under any circumstances

10. This chapter focuses on Franklin's ______________________________.
(a) Yachting trips
(b) Trips to Warm Springs
(c) Diagnosis of polio
(d) Nomination for a third term as President

11. Who was Joseph Lash?
(a) Eleanor's companion
(b) Eleanor's secretary
(c) Franklin's personal valet
(d) Eleanor's cousin

12. Why does the Civil Rights movement surge again at this time?
(a) Black churches are burned in New York
(b) War plants would not hire black workers
(c) Black voters are denied voter registration
(d) White schools will not enroll black children

13. In Roosevelt's January 1941 State of the Union address, he names ____________________________.
(a) A new Secretary of State
(b) His successor in the Democratic Party
(c) Four essential freedoms
(d) His new running mate

14. What did Franklin refuse to do in the marriage?
(a) Separate for awhile
(b) Divorce her
(c) Go to counseling
(d) Stop having affairs

15. How is the Roosevelts' marriage described?
(a) Typical
(b) Strained
(c) Hostile
(d) Unusual

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Allied troops escaped to England in the "miracle of Dunkirk?"

2. What did Roosevelt and Churchill unite on during this period?

3. How old was Eleanor when her father died?

4. For how many years had Franklin D. Roosevelt been President of the United States at the beginning of the book?

5. To which of her children did Eleanor become closest?

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