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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: The Red Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The "white press" in which area of the country in particular is described as having "made the situation much worse" (73) during the Red Summer?
(a) New York City.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Maryland.

2. What job was Royal Albert Leeman performing when he helped avoid a greater death toll than the Great Molasses Flood had already caused?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Brakeman.
(c) Auto mechanic.
(d) Engineer.

3. What job did the man have who ended up being tossed into the harbor after narrowly escaping other perils in the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) Cook.
(b) Barrel-maker.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Auto mechanic.

4. Which black author wrote about the symbolism of the Northern United States in the early twentieth century?
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) Richard Wright.
(d) Zora Neale Hurston.

5. In what year did Alice Paul and Lucy Burns form the National Woman's Party (NWP), a group Sandler calls "the most effective of all the women's groups" (47)?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1916.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first name of Ogden, the man who was put in charge of determining criminal and civil liability for USIA after the Great Molasses Flood?

2. About how many black families are estimated to have become homeless by the end of the 1919 race riots in Chicago?

3. The period referred to as the Red Summer actually ended in which month of 1919?

4. The first race riot of the Red Summer took place in what city?

5. How many individuals did Ogden find criminally liable for the tragic events of the Great Molasses Flood?

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