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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Bess Wallace's father die?
(a) His plane crashed
(b) He committed suicide by shooting himself
(c) He was in a car accident
(d) He had terminal cancer

2. What does the Truman farm produce?
(a) Soybeans
(b) Corn
(c) Bermuda grass
(d) Wheat

3. Who were Harry Truman's parents?
(a) Bill Truman and Elizabeth Taylor
(b) Harry Truman Sr and Elizabeth Young
(c) John Truman and Martha Ellen Young
(d) Solomon Young and Mary Jane Truman

4. What did Harry's mother say to him each time he left the house?
(a) Harry, I love you
(b) Harry, please don't smoke
(c) Harry, bring home the bacon
(d) Now Harry, you be good

5. Who in Truman's family passes away in November of 1914?
(a) Margaret Truman
(b) Martha Ellen Truman
(c) John Truman
(d) Bess Truman

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Chapter 2 entitled "Model Boy?"

2. What organization with secret rituals did Harry Truman join in 1909?

3. How did young Harry Truman like to occupy his time?

4. Harry Truman's ancestors were predominantly of what heritage?

5. What was Independence Missouri's nickname in the 1840s?

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