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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is cost-plus construction?
(a) Contractor is paid for all costs plus a fixed percentage profit
(b) Avoiding taxes on construction workers
(c) Construction that costs more than originally estimated.
(d) The method of paying contractors for work done

2. Who was the man in charge of the American Expeditionary Forces in France in WWI?
(a) General Eisenhower
(b) General Patton
(c) General Pershing
(d) General DeGaulle

3. What pivotal event occurred on December 7, 1941?
(a) President Roosevelt died
(b) Germany surrendered
(c) Japan bombed the USA Fleet at Pearl Harbor
(d) Margaret Truman was born

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

5. How much weight did Harry Truman lose in the years in France?
(a) None
(b) 20 lbs
(c) 50 lbs
(d) 2 lbs

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At their meeting in August of 1944, what did Roosevelt give to Truman to give to his wife and daughter?

3. What did Truman think was a damaging move by Roosevelt?

4. What was one of the unique things about the Truman Committee?

5. What party did Truman belong to?

(see the answer key)

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