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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5 Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Truman think was a damaging move by Roosevelt?
(a) Bombing the Japanese home cities
(b) Entering WWII
(c) Entering WWI
(d) The attempt to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices

2. When did the Democratic party decide to place Truman as Vice President on their ticket?
(a) Three years in advance
(b) When Roosevelt became ill
(c) At the Democratic National Convention in 1944.
(d) When Roosevelt died

3. What major personal events occur for Harry Truman in Chapter 5?
(a) He is ordained as a preacher and married
(b) He is divorced from his first wife and moves to Kansas City
(c) He gets married and his daughter is born
(d) He is forced to undergo a paternity test

4. Who did Roosevelt want as his Vice President?
(a) Harry Truman
(b) Teddy Roosevelt
(c) Adlai Stevenson
(d) Unknown - Roosevelt changed his mind often during the VP discussions with his staff

5. What job does Truman take between his judgeships?
(a) Running whiskey for the Pendergast Organization
(b) Selling newspaper and magazine subscriptions
(c) Writing a newspaper column as a music critic
(d) Selling memberships in the Kansas City Automobile Club

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Harry Truman when he arrived in Washington D.C. to assume his duties as a Senator?

2. When the U.S. and South Korean Army pushes the North Korean/Chinese back to the 38th parallel, what decision is made about the next step?

3. Where was Harry S Truman born?

4. What happens to the White House during Truman's second term?

5. What does Bess suggest when Harry announces his decision to join the military?

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