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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. What information do reports from Europe contain?
(a) The Russian atomic bomb is ready for deployment
(b) The Japanese are planning another attack
(c) The Allies are winning
(d) Jews are being murdered in concentration camps

2. In what condition is the White House when the Trumans move in?
(a) Practically vacant
(b) A little shoddy
(c) Dirty and rundown
(d) Pristine and gleaming

3. Who is blamed for black women quitting their jobs as domestics to work in factories?
(a) Eleanor Roosevelt
(b) Missy LeHand
(c) Franklin Roosevelt
(d) Lucy Mercer

4. Where does Eleanor travel to visit with U.S. soldiers?
(a) North Africa
(b) The South Pacific
(c) London
(d) Paris

5. What major military event occurs on June 6, 1944?
(a) The end of the war
(b) D-Day
(c) The capture of Hitler
(d) The execution of Mussolini

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is angered by a meeting held between Roosevelt and Churchill in August of 1943?

2. What important conference does Roosevelt attend in January of 1945?

3. With whom did Franklin spend his time on his vacation?

4. What happens two weeks after Roosevelt's death?

5. Who moves into the White House permanently to serve as Roosevelt's hostess and secretary?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Eleanor find personal fulfillment by the end of November, 1944?

2. Explain the role of antisemitism in Americans turning away shiploads of European refugees in 1942?

3. What were the circumstances surrounding Franklin's death?

4. Explain the role that Anna Roosevelt plays in her parents' lives at the beginning of 1944.

5. Explain the contrasts in Franklin and Eleanor's personalities that ultimately made their marriage troublesome.

6. Explain the war effort in Russian and Stalin's ultimate goal.

7. What was the outcome of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944?

8. What is the state of Roosevelt's health during the 1944 campaign and to what extent did the American people know about his health?

9. What was the state of Franklin's health in 1944?

10. What is the state of the Roosevelts' marriage by the end of 1944?

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