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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were Truman's ancestors related to the bushwhackers?
(a) There was no connection
(b) Through Jim Crow Chiles
(c) Bess's marriage to Harry
(d) Through Uncle Harrison

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

3. What questionable organization was Truman encouraged to join by his party?
(a) NAACP
(b) Ku Klux Klan
(c) Republicans
(d) Local country club

4. What are two traits Truman especially disliked about his fellow politicians?
(a) Loud talking and smoking
(b) Dishonesty and smoking
(c) Womanizing and corruption
(d) Drinking and playing cards

5. What epidemics decimated the families in Independence during the years of 1851-1854?
(a) AIDS and herpes
(b) Bubonic Plague and severe colds
(c) West Nile Fever and flu
(d) Cholera, scarlet fever and pneumonia

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What party did Truman belong to?

3. What major personal events occur for Harry Truman in Chapter 5?

4. What new inventions did Truman never learn to use or like?

5. What political party did Harry, his father, and most of the adults in Independence belong to?

(see the answer key)

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