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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. Sandler states that in the early twentieth century, a woman was unable to legally object if her husband decided to take what action?
(a) Take a mistress.
(b) Have her sterilized.
(c) Commit her to a mental institution.
(d) Give up their children for adoption.

2. In what city was the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association the year Alice Paul attended?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Macon.
(c) New York City.
(d) Philadelphia.

3. What kind of metal was used to build the molasses container?
(a) Steel.
(b) Aluminum.
(c) Copper.
(d) Alloy.

4. The construction of the container owned by USIA "was overseen by" (13) what type of person, rather than an engineer?
(a) A stockbroker.
(b) A veterinarian.
(c) A doctor.
(d) An accountant.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of his siblings was Martin surprised to pull up out of the molasses during the flood?

3. Which amendment was concerned with women's right to vote?

4. A reporter from which newspaper described the sounds associated with the disaster called the Great Molasses Flood?

5. What job was Royal Albert Leeman performing when he helped avoid a greater death toll than the Great Molasses Flood had already caused?

(see the answer key)

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