1.  Answer the following questions about President Ford:
a) What was Gerald Ford's lifelong ambition?
b) What state did Gerald Ford represent in Congress?
c) For approximately how many years did Gerald Ford serve as a U.S. Congressman?
d) Gerald Ford was the only president in U.S. history not elected as either President or Vice President.  How did this occur?
e) How old was President Ford when he died?
f) Where will President Ford be buried?
(To learn more about President Ford, including his skill as an athlete, go to the biography page at the Gerald Ford Library and Museum website at www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov)

2. Name the 5 presidents who preceded President Ford and the 5 presidents who served after him.  Also, list the years that each president served.

3. Read what people said about President Ford at his memorial service yesterday:
--President George W. Bush, para. 4-5
--Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State, para. 6, 9-10
--President George H.W. Bush, para. 7-8
What feeling do you get about President Ford's character from the remarks made about him?

4. a) Define eulogy.
b) List the achievements of President Ford, as related by Henry Kissinger in his eulogy.

5.  Ask a parent or grandparent the following questions:
--What was your overall impression of Gerald Ford as a president at the time?
--What was the overall mood of the country during the Nixon Watergate cover-up and resignation?
--How did you view President Ford's pardon of President Nixon at the time?
--How do you view President Ford's pardon of President Nixon today?