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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4 Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Truman's personal staff feel about him?
(a) They admired and respected him
(b) They thought he was boring
(c) They feared him
(d) They disliked him intensely

3. 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) Finding the correct pen
(d) Good grammar

4. What political party did Harry, his father, and most of the adults in Independence belong to?
(a) Whigs
(b) Democrats
(c) Republicans
(d) Green Party

5. Who was employed to work for Harry Truman, in his office, for a $2500 annual salary?
(a) Bess Truman
(b) His mother
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt
(d) John Truman

Short Answer Questions

1. What career is Margaret Truman pursuing?

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

3. What was the Canol Project?

4. Who was the most influential new friend Truman gained during his first term as Senator?

5. What sort of equality did Truman support for Negroes?

(see the answer key)

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