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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was General Order Number 11?
(a) Union Army decree that all Missouri farmers commit 50% of their crop to the army
(b) Union Army decree that all persons in Missouri who could not prove their loyalty to the Union would have to leave Missouri.
(c) Government decree that people in Missour could not vote
(d) Government decree that all women should wear hats

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

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

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

5. How did Truman's men move their equipment around France?
(a) Horse and wagon
(b) Fast sports cars
(c) Elephants and camels
(d) Railway and ships

6. What did Truman refer to as "Potomac Fever?" .
(a) A strain of flu duirng the war
(b) The tendency of some political appointees to consider themselves more important than they were
(c) The urge to visit the Potomac River rather than working
(d) The heightened color of skin when people arrived in DC

7. How many men and boys were killed in Quantrille's raid on Lawrence, Kansas?
(a) None
(b) 150
(c) 300
(d) 10

8. What was the Canol Project?
(a) The atom bomb
(b) A plan for a large dam on the Canol River
(c) A plan to end hunger in America using cooking oil
(d) A scheme to build a four inch pipeline from Canada to Alaska

9. Harry Truman travels to see Bess in Grandview. How many miles one way is the trip?
(a) Fifty Miles
(b) Sixteen Miles
(c) One Mile
(d) Three hundred Miles

10. Who were Harry Truman's parents?
(a) Harry Truman Sr and Elizabeth Young
(b) Bill Truman and Elizabeth Taylor
(c) John Truman and Martha Ellen Young
(d) Solomon Young and Mary Jane Truman

11. How did Bess Truman feel about Harry running for Vice President?
(a) She did not want him to run
(b) She was eager to see his political ambition proceed
(c) She was happy to move to a new house
(d) She did not care either way

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

13. According to his letters to Bess, what part of Truman's command duties did he dislike the most?
(a) Writing reports to command
(b) Meeting with the other captains
(c) Meting out discipline to his troops.
(d) Wearing the uniform

14. Who was the Vice President of the United States under Roosevelt in 1943?
(a) Andrew Jackson
(b) George Bush Sr.
(c) Henry Wallace
(d) Richard Nixon

15. When Truman sends Harry Hopkins to talk to Stalin, he says "use diplomatic language or what?"
(a) Offers of wine
(b) Offers of women
(c) Large amounts of cash
(d) A baseball bat

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an overriding concern for Truman in his early years as a Senator in Washington?

2. From what other state did most of the people settling Missouri migrate?

3. What afflictions did Harry have in childhood?

4. What pet name did Truman have for Bess?

5. Who was President of the USA during World War I?

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