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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The box marked "Molasses" (26) in Chapter 1: An Amazing Event states that molasses is "produced by boiling juice extracted from" (28) what?
(a) Sugarcane.
(b) Guavas.
(c) Pineapple.
(d) Coconuts.

2. Before Ogden ruled that USIA would be held financially responsible for the harm it caused to victims of the flood, how many other corporations had been deemed liable for their actions in such a way?
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

3. How many Western states had already granted women the right to vote by the time a national women's suffrage law was passed?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 14.
(d) 21.

4. How many of the children standing near the container at the time of the disaster survived the event?
(a) 0.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. What kind of metal was used to build the molasses container?
(a) Aluminum.
(b) Copper.
(c) Alloy.
(d) Steel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the drawing created in 1915 that depicts "a torch-bearing woman" (38) striding across the United States?

2. How many people participated in the march for women's suffrage in Washington, D.C. in 1913?

3. The National American Woman Suffrage Association convention attended by Alice Paul took place in what year?

4. When Frank McManus called for help after watching the tank's top blow off, he said, "There's a wave of molasses coming down" (16) which street?

5. Modern studies have shown that the two causes of the Great Molasses Flood were shoddy construction and an explosion caused by what?

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