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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Harry's mother say to him each time he left the house?
(a) Harry, please don't smoke
(b) Now Harry, you be good
(c) Harry, bring home the bacon
(d) Harry, I love you

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

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

4. Who was in charge of the Soviet Union when Truman became President?
(a) Gorbachev
(b) Hitler
(c) Kruschev
(d) Josef Stalin

5. What ship did Truman take to the Potsdam conference?
(a) The Augusta
(b) The George Washington
(c) The USS United States
(d) The Titanic

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

7. Why did Truman vote against the reappointment of District Attorney Milligan?
(a) Milligan had insulted Margaret
(b) He felt Milligan was doing a bad job
(c) He did not vote at all
(d) As a gesture of loyalty to Tom Pendergast

8. What afflictions did Harry have in childhood?
(a) Speech impediment and runny nose
(b) Nearsightedness and diphtheria
(c) Diarrhea and farsightedness
(d) Allergies

9. Who resigns from Truman's cabinet before Potsdam?
(a) Secretary of War
(b) Secretary of Treasury
(c) Vice President
(d) His intern

10. President Roosevelt made a radio speech to America at the beginning of Germany's attack on England, and the speech was subsequently referred to as what?
(a) The Speech of Omission
(b) The Fear Speech
(c) The Arsenal for Money Speech
(d) The Arsenal for Democracy Speech

11. What part of Truman's past most concerned the Democratic Party for the campaign?
(a) His connection with Boss Pendergast
(b) The fact Bess Truman's father committed suicide
(c) His past farming duties
(d) His connection with the Freemasons

12. What was Truman's attitude towards running for Vice President?
(a) He did not have an opinion
(b) He was afraid of running
(c) He was eager to run
(d) He did not want to

13. Who won WWI?
(a) Allies
(b) Japan
(c) Germany
(d) Soviet Union

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

15. How old was Harry Truman when he arrived in Washington D.C. to assume his duties as a Senator?
(a) 60
(b) 23
(c) 45
(d) 50

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of company does Harry Truman fail in after the mine?

2. What did Truman think was a damaging move by Roosevelt?

3. What did Truman do when he was suspicious about the defense industry overspending?

4. What was a dollar-a-year man?

5. Why is Chapter 2 entitled "Model Boy?"

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