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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. According to the prestigious organization called Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) how many black people were killed during the Elaine Massacre?
(a) 237.
(b) 34.
(c) 111.
(d) 58.

2. In front of what location are the suffragists picketing, in the photograph included just prior to the opening of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote?
(a) The Executive Mansion.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) The Washington Memorial.

3. Modern studies have shown that the two causes of the Great Molasses Flood were shoddy construction and an explosion caused by what?
(a) A lit cigarette.
(b) Fermentation.
(c) Arson.
(d) A bomb.

4. Which type of official first presented Congress "with a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote" (36) in 1878?
(a) A secretary of state.
(b) An attorney general.
(c) A vice-president.
(d) A senator.

5. USIA bought up as much molasses as possible before Prohibition in order to make and sell what type of alcohol?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Rum.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) created, with Susan B. "Anthony as its main driving force" (37)?

2. Which member of the Clougherty family reportedly rode his bed along the speeding river of molasses?

3. The women in the group called the "suffrage pilgrims" (41) began their long journey in what American city?

4. How many months passed between the end of the Chicago race riots and the start of "1919's most murderous acts of violence" (78) that took place in Arkansas?

5. How many people participated in the march for women's suffrage in Washington, D.C. in 1913?

(see the answer key)

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