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

2. What color did USIA paint the container in an effort to camouflage its numerous leaks oozing molasses?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Orange.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

3. A reporter from which newspaper described the sounds associated with the disaster called the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) The Boston Post.
(b) The Boston Review.
(c) The Boston Herald.
(d) The Boston Gazette.

4. What objects were kept burning day and night in the tactic the NWP named, "Watchfires of Freedom" (55)?
(a) Garter belts.
(b) Copies of President Woodrow Wilson's speeches.
(c) Socks.
(d) Copies of birth certificates.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many thousands of black men served in the United States armed forces during World War I?

2. How old was Alice Paul when she attended the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association?

3. Whose idea was it to hold a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. at the same time as the US Presidential inauguration?

4. How many children were standing near the container, scraping molasses off the tank, at the time of the disaster?

5. In what state was the Seneca Falls Convention held?

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