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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 new inventions did Truman never learn to use or like?
(a) Toilet and bathtub
(b) Computer and cell phone
(c) Telephone and typewriter
(d) Telegraph and electric bulb

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

3. In the extended family of the Truman household, who disciplined Margaret?
(a) Truman's mother
(b) Bess's Mother
(c) Harry
(d) Bess

4. Why is Chapter 2 entitled "Model Boy?"
(a) Harry S. Truman liked to build airplane models
(b) Harry S. Truman's mother was a world famous model
(c) Harry S. Truman was an excellent student, great friend, faithful son, never in trouble, industrious and kind.
(d) Harry S. Truman was a child actor

5. Where was Harry S Truman born?
(a) Independence, MO
(b) Lamar, MO
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) Santa Fe, NM

Short Answer Questions

1. What epidemics decimated the families in Independence during the years of 1851-1854?

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

3. What interest did Harry and his father share?

4. Who in Truman's family passes away in November of 1914?

5. How were Truman's ancestors related to the bushwhackers?

(see the answer key)

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