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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harry Truman always carried a favorite poem in his wallet. What was that poem and the author?
(a) "Election Year" by Donald Revell
(b) "Locksley Hall" by Tennyson
(c) "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
(d) "Blessing the Boats" by Lucille Clifton

2. Why does the Truman family move to Kansas City? .
(a) Harry Truman forced them to move for his political ambition
(b) John Truman has lost the family business and property due to bad investments in wheat futures
(c) The Truman family were asked to leave town
(d) John Truman left the family to join the war

3. Why is Chapter 2 entitled "Model Boy?"
(a) Harry S. Truman was an excellent student, great friend, faithful son, never in trouble, industrious and kind.
(b) Harry S. Truman was a child actor
(c) Harry S. Truman's mother was a world famous model
(d) Harry S. Truman liked to build airplane models

4. Who does Truman appoint as his Secretary of State?
(a) Jimmy Byrnes
(b) Robert E. Lee
(c) Henry Wallace
(d) Teddy Roosevelt

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

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

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

8. What two political positions did Truman want before he was allowed to run for Senate?
(a) Mayor of Independence and Governor of Illinois
(b) Mayor of Lamar and Mayor of Independence
(c) Governor of MIssouri and Mayor fo Independence
(d) Governor of Missouri and Congressman from Missouri

9. Why does Harry Truman leave his job in Kansas City?
(a) To help the family with the farm.
(b) To marry Bess
(c) To join the Army
(d) He was fired

10. What was the most common method of travel for settlers in the 1800s to take to Independence?
(a) Interstate Highway
(b) Canoe
(c) Railway
(d) Steamboat

11. What is the name of the new organization of countries formed to keep the peace after the world war ends?
(a) League of Nations
(b) NATO
(c) Blackwater Security
(d) United Nations

12. What was Roosevelt's continuing admonition to his departments regarding defense production in 1941?
(a) "Take your time"
(b) "Wait until the budget is passed"
(c) "Speed, speed, speed."
(d) "Accuracy, accuracy, accuracy"

13. What was the original funding for the Truman Committee?
(a) $100,000
(b) $4,000
(c) $1 million
(d) $10,000

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

15. When Germany advances on Moscow, what does President Roosevelt offer Stalin?
(a) Nuclear warheads
(b) Sound advice
(c) A billion dollars worth of supplies
(d) 100,000 troops

Short Answer Questions

1. The Truman Committee saved the U.S. taxpayers a great deal of money. What is the estimated amount mentioned in the book?

2. What event propelled the United States into WWII?

3. Which country becomes a focal point of disagreement between USA and the Soviets?

4. What party did Truman belong to?

5. What was Harry Truman's first paid job?

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