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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. How many of the children standing near the container at the time of the disaster survived the event?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 0.

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

3. The official program for Alice Paul's suffrage parade consisted of how many pages?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) 120.

4. How many feet wide was the container that held the raw molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 50.
(b) 35.
(c) 20.
(d) 90.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what area of Boston did the Great Molasses Flood occur?

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

4. For how many months had World War I been over when 1919 began?

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

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