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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. Analysts determined that the metal used to make the molasses container had what quality?
(a) It was too flexible.
(b) It was too thick.
(c) It was too thin.
(d) It was rusty.

2. "Over" how many "individuals and companies filed lawsuits against USIA" (29) in the aftermath of the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 125.
(b) 300.
(c) 425.
(d) 25.

3. The National American Woman Suffrage Association convention attended by Alice Paul took place in what year?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1915.

4. By 1916, the membership of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage had grown to what size?
(a) 350,000.
(b) 750,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 1 million.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many children were standing near the container, scraping molasses off the tank, at the time of the disaster?

4. What job did the man have who ended up being tossed into the harbor after narrowly escaping other perils in the Great Molasses Flood?

5. 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?

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