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

2. In 1841, what was considered the extreme frontier of the USA?
(a) Vermont
(b) Southern Georgia
(c) Western Missouri
(d) Western Pennsylvania

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

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

5. In later years, how does Harry describe his childhood?
(a) filled with poverty and need
(b) The happiest imaginable
(c) He could not remember his chidlhood
(d) One misery after another

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the Truman farm produce?

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

(see the answer key)

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