Sunday, February 9, 2014

Presidential Pooches/ White House Dogs by Michael Burgan

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Book: White House Dogs/ Presidential Pooches
Author: Michael Burgan
ISBN: 978-0-02-203169-5   978-0-02-202830-5

Introduction

1. What are the most popular presidential pets?
2. What types of animals Presidents have kept as pets in the White House?
3. Do many people believe that dogs help Presidents gain support from Americans? How?

Chapter 1: The First Presidential Dogs/ The First Presidential Pooches

4. Who was the first President to take a dog with them to the White House?
5. What type of dog did he take?
6. Whose dog had some obedience problems and chewed up some furniture in the White House in 1844?
7. What was the name of the first famous White House dog?
8. Who did the dog belong to?
9. What was the name of the first Presidential Dog to have his photo taken?
10. Whose dog was it?
11. What was the name of President Ulysses S. Grant’s dog?
12. What was the name of President James A. Garfield’s dog? (A)
13. Why was the dog named A?
14. Which President built a doghouse for his dog?
15. What was the name of the dog?

Chapter 2: White House Dogs, 1900-1950/ Famous First Dogs, 1900-1950

16. Which president was believed to have turned the White House into a zoo?
17. What type of animals did President Theodore Roosevelt keep as pets?
18. What was the name of President Roosevelt’s most unpopular pet?
19. What was Roosevelt’s favorite dog’s name?
20. What was the name of the dog that was buried behind the White House?
21. What was the name of the presidential dog that sat in his own hand-carved chair during meetings when the President met with his advisors?
22. Who did this dog belong to?
23. What were the names’ of President Calvin Coolidge’s dogs?
24. What was the name of President Herbert Hoover’s favorite dog?
25. What was the name of the most famous presidential dog? (B)
26. What made B special over the other presidential dogs?
27. How did B help raise money for the troops fighting the war?
28. What is the name of the dog that is honored with a statue at the FDR memorial in Washington D.C.?
Chapter 3: More Presidential Dogs/ Recent Presidential Dogs

29. What was the name of President John F. Kennedy’s favorite dog?
30. What was President Lyndon B. Johnson’s favorite dog’s name?
31. Who owned the first presidential dog to write a book?
32. What was the name of the dog?
33. What was President Bill Clinton’s dog’s name?
34. What was President George W. Bush’s dog’s name?
35. What was the dog’s name lived at the White House with two different presidents?
36. What was the name of the dog that starred in several Internet movie

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