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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Truman's first choice for his replacement as President?
(a) Strom Thurmand
(b) Joe McCarthy
(c) Henry Wallace
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower

2. How old was Truman when his second term as president began?
(a) 73
(b) 29
(c) 64
(d) 50

3. How much did the White House renovation cost?
(a) 300,000
(b) 1 million dollars
(c) 5.8 million dollars
(d) Nothing - all work was donated

4. Who was Truman's Vice President before Barkley?
(a) Henry Wallace
(b) Jimmy Byrnes
(c) Jim Pendergast
(d) No one

5. How many people did the bomb actually kill in Hiroshima?
(a) 200,000
(b) Two million
(c) None
(d) 2000

6. How did Truman's personal staff feel about him?
(a) They admired and respected him
(b) They disliked him intensely
(c) They feared him
(d) They thought he was boring

7. What weapon is Truman encouraged to authorize to end the Korean Conflict?
(a) H-Bomb
(b) Biological warfare
(c) Heavy tanks
(d) Atom bomb

8. At the end of the war, how many service men and women were coming back to the American work force?
(a) None - they all re-enlisted
(b) 1 million
(c) 10 million
(d) 12 million

9. Why did Truman write an angry letter to the newspaper?
(a) A columnist had given Margaret's concert a bad review
(b) A reporter had published a comment he thought was off record
(c) A reporter was stalking Margaret
(d) His Sunday paper did not arrive on time

10. Who of Truman's long time friends was most instrumental in advising him regarding the Palestine problem?
(a) Charlie Ross
(b) George Marshall
(c) Jim Pendergast
(d) Eddie Jacobson

11. Who did Truman choose to replace Marshall as his Secretary of State?
(a) Dean Acheson
(b) Dean Rusk
(c) George Marshall's son
(d) Charlie Ross

12. What happens to the White House during Truman's second term?
(a) It is attacked by the British
(b) It is completely renovated
(c) It burns down
(d) An airplane crashes into it

13. Who in the government has the final say regarding military matters?
(a) Supreme Commander of the Forces
(b) The Vice President
(c) The President
(d) Secretary of State

14. Where does the only meeting in history of Truman and MacArthur take place?
(a) Washington DC
(b) New Mexico
(c) Wake Island
(d) Potsdam

15. What major country turned Communist during Truman's second Presidency?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) South Africa
(d) Japan

Short Answer Questions

1. What career is Margaret Truman pursuing?

2. What country's military is in possession of Potsdam at the time of the conference?

3. Who does Truman develop a long correspondence with after his retirement?

4. Where was the American's atom bomb tested?

5. How many months had Truman been President before both Germany and Japan surrendered?

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