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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. Why does the Truman family move to Kansas City? .
(a) The Truman family were asked to leave town
(b) John Truman left the family to join the war
(c) Harry Truman forced them to move for his political ambition
(d) John Truman has lost the family business and property due to bad investments in wheat futures

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

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

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

5. From what other state did most of the people settling Missouri migrate?
(a) New Mexico
(b) Texas
(c) Vermont
(d) Kentucky

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of company does Harry Truman fail in after the mine?

2. In later years, how does Harry describe his childhood?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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