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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. In what year was the molasses container originally built?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1919.

2. How many millions of gallons of molasses were inside the tank when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?
(a) 321.
(b) 47.
(c) 2.3.
(d) 11.4.

3. In what month was the Seneca Falls Convention held?
(a) October.
(b) August.
(c) November.
(d) July.

4. The construction of the container owned by USIA "was overseen by" (13) what type of person, rather than an engineer?
(a) A stockbroker.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A veterinarian.
(d) An accountant.

5. In what city was the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association the year Alice Paul attended?
(a) Macon.
(b) Charleston.
(c) New York City.
(d) Philadelphia.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many of the children standing near the container at the time of the disaster survived the event?

3. "Over" how many "individuals and companies filed lawsuits against USIA" (29) in the aftermath of the Great Molasses Flood?

4. What kind of metal was used to build the molasses container?

5. Sandler points out that the battle for women to attain the right to vote was waged for over how many years before it was resolved?

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