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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. Modern studies have shown that the two causes of the Great Molasses Flood were shoddy construction and an explosion caused by what?
(a) Fermentation.
(b) A lit cigarette.
(c) A bomb.
(d) Arson.

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

3. Henry A. Stinson, the secretary of war in 1913, promised that if the suffragists encountered trouble during Alice Paul's parade, he would send the cavalry from which nearby fort?
(a) Fort Briggs.
(b) Fort Collins.
(c) Fort Knox.
(d) Fort Myer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose idea was it to hold a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. at the same time as the US Presidential inauguration?

2. By 1916, the membership of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage had grown to what size?

3. What gesture was involved in Royal Albert Leeman's successful efforts to save lives during the Great Molasses Flood?

4. In front of what location are the suffragists picketing, in the photograph included just prior to the opening of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote?

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

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