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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What career did Margaret Truman plan to enter?
(a) Computer science
(b) Nursing
(c) Singer
(d) Publishing agent

2. Who was the most influential new friend Truman gained during his first term as Senator?
(a) Justice Louis D. Brandeis
(b) Ex-President Abraham LIncoln
(c) Andrew Jackson's son
(d) Robert E. Lee's widow

3. What does Bess suggest when Harry announces his decision to join the military?
(a) That they get married immediately
(b) That she join as well and go with him
(c) That he find another girlfriend
(d) That he take warm clothes with him

4. What essential materials were in short supply as America prepared for war?
(a) computers, cell phones and i-pods
(b) lead, coal, limestone and rock
(c) Aluminum, copper, zinc and rubber
(d) steel, latex, and plutonium

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much weight did Harry Truman lose in the years in France?

2. What questionable organization was Truman encouraged to join by his party?

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

4. Harry Truman always carried a favorite poem in his wallet. What was that poem and the author?

5. Who was employed to work for Harry Truman, in his office, for a $2500 annual salary?

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