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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. What color did USIA paint the container in an effort to camouflage its numerous leaks oozing molasses?
(a) Brown.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Black.
(d) Orange.

2. What job was Royal Albert Leeman performing when he helped avoid a greater death toll than the Great Molasses Flood had already caused?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Auto mechanic.
(d) Brakeman.

3. World War I began in July of which year?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1921.

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

5. How many people participated in the march for women's suffrage in Washington, D.C. in 1913?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In what year was the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) created, with Susan B. "Anthony as its main driving force" (37)?

5. What objects were kept burning day and night in the tactic the NWP named, "Watchfires of Freedom" (55)?

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