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

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

3. How did the three world leaders enter the conference room in Potsdam?
(a) By three separate doors
(b) They were all on teleconference and did not use the doors
(c) Through the kitchen door
(d) Through the main door

4. Who were Truman's lifelong heroes?
(a) Abraham Lincoln and Malcom X
(b) George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
(c) Andrew Jackson and Robert E. Lee
(d) George Bush and Bill Clinton

5. Which country chose not to participate in the Marshall Plan and thereby caused several more countries in that bloc to pull out?
(a) Germany
(b) Soviet Union
(c) Japan
(d) China

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Truman referred to as the "Senator from Pendergast" instead of the "Senator from Missouri"?

2. What major personal events occur for Harry Truman in Chapter 5?

3. What does Harry give as a reason to join the military and go to war?

4. What was the Canol Project?

5. What is cost-plus construction?

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