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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 epidemics decimated the families in Independence during the years of 1851-1854?
(a) AIDS and herpes
(b) West Nile Fever and flu
(c) Bubonic Plague and severe colds
(d) Cholera, scarlet fever and pneumonia

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

3. 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) It is either this or jail time
(d) Someone has to do it.

4. What was the Armistice?
(a) The treaty signed between the Germans and the Allies agreeing to end the war
(b) The name given to the plantation where Truman retired
(c) The name Truman gave his old car
(d) The name of the transport ship taking Truman home after WWI

5. What interest did Harry and his father share?
(a) Politics
(b) Woodworking
(c) Watching tv
(d) Fishing and hunting

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship Harry Truman and his battalion are on for the Atlantic crossing?

2. Although Harry writes many letters to Bess, he cannot master one art of good correspondence. What is it?

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

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

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

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