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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. Which of his siblings was Martin surprised to pull up out of the molasses during the flood?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Bridget.
(c) Meredith.
(d) Stephen.

2. How many tons of molasses poured out of the USIA company's huge container, igniting the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?
(a) 7,000.
(b) 11,000.
(c) 14,000.
(d) 3,000.

3. In what month of 1913 did Alice Paul's suffrage parade take place?
(a) June.
(b) January.
(c) December.
(d) March.

4. In what state was the Seneca Falls Convention held?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Maryland.
(c) New York.
(d) California.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry A. Stinson, the secretary of war in 1913, promised that if the suffragists encountered trouble during Alice Paul's parade, he would send the cavalry from which nearby fort?

2. The box marked "Molasses" (26) in Chapter 1: An Amazing Event states that molasses is "produced by boiling juice extracted from" (28) what?

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

4. How many Western states had already granted women the right to vote by the time a national women's suffrage law was passed?

5. What kind of establishment did Martin Clougherty own in the North End of Boston?

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