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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 area of Boston did the Great Molasses Flood occur?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) North.

2. The largest-ever suffrage parade attracted about how many participants?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 20,000.

3. In what month of 1919 did the Great Molasses Flood take place?
(a) November.
(b) June.
(c) January.
(d) April.

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

5. The women in the group called the "suffrage pilgrims" (41) ended their trek in what American city?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Washington, D.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sandler states, "One of the NWP's main strategies was that of" (47) taking what action?

2. How many tons of molasses poured out of the USIA company's huge container, igniting the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

3. Woman's Era was the title of "the first periodical published in the United States" (38) by whom?

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

5. Which member of the Clougherty family reportedly rode his bed along the speeding river of molasses?

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