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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) Give up their children for adoption.
(c) Commit her to a mental institution.
(d) Have her sterilized.

2. Around what time of day did the Great Molasses Flood commence?
(a) 3:30 in the afternoon.
(b) 12:30 in the afternoon.
(c) 6:30 in the morning.
(d) Noon.

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

4. For how many months had World War I been over when 1919 began?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 9.

5. 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) An accountant.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many feet high were the largest waves of molasses created during the Great Molasses Flood?

2. In what year was the Seneca Falls Convention held?

3. In what month of 1913 did Alice Paul's suffrage parade take place?

4. What gesture was involved in Royal Albert Leeman's successful efforts to save lives during the Great Molasses Flood?

5. When Frank McManus called for help after watching the tank's top blow off, he said, "There's a wave of molasses coming down" (16) which street?

(see the answer key)

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