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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: The Red Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many feet high were the largest waves of molasses created during the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 5.

2. By 1910, the area of Boston affected by the Great Molasses Flood had a population of 28,000 Italians. How large was the total population of that area?
(a) 99,000.
(b) 49,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 64,000.

3. The first race riot of the Red Summer took place in what month of 1919?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) May.

4. It is estimated that the waves of molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood moved at how many miles per hour?
(a) 35.
(b) 12.
(c) 60.
(d) 22.

5. The largest-ever suffrage parade took place in what city in November of a particular year?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York City.
(c) Boston.
(d) Oakland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many feet high was the container that held the raw molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood?

2. How many months passed between the end of the Chicago race riots and the start of "1919's most murderous acts of violence" (78) that took place in Arkansas?

3. 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?

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. How many tons of molasses poured out of the USIA company's huge container, igniting the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

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