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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How did young Harry Truman like to occupy his time?
(a) Playing the piano, reading books, and being with his family.
(b) Playing baseball, basketball and football
(c) Shoplifting from the pharmacy and smoking with friends
(d) In his room playing Dungeons and Dragons

5. What kind of automobile does Harry Truman first purchase?
(a) 1929 Ford Model T
(b) 1911 Stafford
(c) 1890 Mercedes
(d) 1910 Volkswagon

Short Answer Questions

1. What US President did Truman see while he was working in Kansas City?

2. What was the most common method of travel for settlers in the 1800s to take to Independence?

3. What did Harry's mother say to him each time he left the house?

4. How did Bess Wallace's father die?

5. In later years, how does Harry describe his childhood?

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