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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. Although Harry writes many letters to Bess, he cannot master one art of good correspondence. What is it?
(a) Good penmanship
(b) Good spelling
(c) Good grammar
(d) Finding the correct pen

2. What type of company does Harry Truman fail in after the mine?
(a) Shoe Sales
(b) Computers
(c) Grocery
(d) Oil & Refining

3. What are the names of Harry's brother and sister?
(a) Franklin and Eleanor
(b) J. Vivian and Mary Jane
(c) Jim and Eleanor
(d) Harrison and Bess

4. How did Bess Wallace's father die?
(a) He committed suicide by shooting himself
(b) He had terminal cancer
(c) His plane crashed
(d) He was in a car accident

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Harry Truman travels to see Bess in Grandview. How many miles one way is the trip?

2. In 1841, what was considered the extreme frontier of the USA?

3. Where was Harry S Truman born?

4. From what other state did most of the people settling Missouri migrate?

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

(see the answer key)

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