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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose idea was it to hold a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. at the same time as the US Presidential inauguration?
(a) J. Edgar Hoover's.
(b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton's.
(c) Susan B. Anthony's.
(d) Alice Paul's.

2. How many individuals did Ogden find criminally liable for the tragic events of the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. What is the title of the drawing created in 1915 that depicts "a torch-bearing woman" (38) striding across the United States?
(a) The Cause.
(b) The Awakening.
(c) The Truth.
(d) The Freedom.

4. How old was Alice Paul when she attended the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association?
(a) 28.
(b) 22.
(c) 34.
(d) 17.

5. The group referred to as the "suffrage pilgrims" (45) stopped by the home of new president Woodrow Wilson, who lived in what state?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) New York.
(c) Maryland.
(d) New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. The largest-ever suffrage parade took place in what city in November of a particular year?

2. What was the first name of Ogden, the man who was put in charge of determining criminal and civil liability for USIA after the Great Molasses Flood?

3. The official program for Alice Paul's suffrage parade consisted of how many pages?

4. What kind of establishment did Martin Clougherty own in the North End of Boston?

5. In what month of 1919 did the Great Molasses Flood take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conclusion does Sandler draw about the suffragettes' awareness of their predecessors in the field of civil disobedience?

2. What were the two most effective general strategies employed by the National Woman's Party in their pursuit of women getting the right to vote?

3. Discuss an instance when Sandler includes or highlights an element of absurdity in order to connect with a young audience in Chapter 1: An Amazing Event.

4. What were ultimately revealed to be the two main causes of the Great Molasses Flood?

5. What "effective tactics" (34) used by suffragettes are portrayed in the photograph included just prior to the start of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote?

6. What were the circumstances surrounding the formation of the National Woman's Party?

7. Who were the "suffrage pilgrims" (42) and how effective were their strategies?

8. For what reasons were the Western states more progressive in relation to women's voting rights than were the Eastern states?

9. What evidence does Sandler provide for his claim that the Western states were more progressive than the Eastern states in terms of women's suffrage?

10. Discuss the greater signficance of the Great Molasses Flood, providing at least one cause and one effect within your answer.

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