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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. What US President did Truman see while he was working in Kansas City?
(a) Abraham Lilncoln
(b) Bill Clinton
(c) Herbert Hoover
(d) Theodore Roosevelt

2. What does Harry give as a reason to join the military and go to war?
(a) I need to get out of twon
(b) I need a job
(c) Someone has to do it.
(d) It is either this or jail time

3. What was Harry Truman's first paid job?
(a) Newspaper route
(b) Bicycle courier for a bank in Kansas City
(c) Cleaning and painting houses in his neighborhood
(d) Sweeping, dusting and cleaning at Clinton's Drugstore in Independence

4. What were the nicknames for the divisions in the Missouri Democratic Party?
(a) Donkeys and Elephants
(b) Goats and Rabbits
(c) Rats and Pigs
(d) Hares and Turtles

5. What afflictions did Harry have in childhood?
(a) Nearsightedness and diphtheria
(b) Allergies
(c) Diarrhea and farsightedness
(d) Speech impediment and runny nose

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was President of the USA during World War I?

2. What kind of automobile does Harry Truman first purchase?

3. Why does the Truman family move to Kansas City? .

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

5. How did Truman's men move their equipment around France?

(see the answer key)

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