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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Strikes and More Strikes - Chapter 6: A Noble Experiment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job was Frank McManus performing when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?
(a) He was a policeman.
(b) He was a firefighter.
(c) He was a streetsweeper.
(d) He was a paramedic.

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

3. The box marked "Molasses" (26) in Chapter 1: An Amazing Event states that molasses is "produced by boiling juice extracted from" (28) what?
(a) Coconuts.
(b) Guavas.
(c) Pineapple.
(d) Sugarcane.

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

5. To what city did Al Capone move in the year 1920?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York City.
(d) Las Vegas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Modern studies have shown that the two causes of the Great Molasses Flood were shoddy construction and an explosion caused by what?

2. In what month of 1919 did 275,000 steelworkers across America go on stike, making it "the largest walkout that had ever taken place in the United States" (136)?

3. 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?

4. The women in the group called the "suffrage pilgrims" (41) began their long journey in what American city?

5. How many individuals did Ogden find criminally liable for the tragic events of the Great Molasses Flood?

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