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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many feet high were the largest waves of molasses created during the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

2. In what year was the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) created, with Susan B. "Anthony as its main driving force" (37)?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1908.

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

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

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.

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

7. Woman's Era was the title of "the first periodical published in the United States" (38) by whom?
(a) Women.
(b) Black women.
(c) White women.
(d) Asian women.

8. In what year was the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage formed?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1915.

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

10. 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?
(a) Magnolia.
(b) Marigold.
(c) Commercial.
(d) Occidental.

11. Henry A. Stinson, the secretary of war in 1913, promised that if the suffragists encountered trouble during Alice Paul's parade, he would send the cavalry from which nearby fort?
(a) Fort Knox.
(b) Fort Briggs.
(c) Fort Myer.
(d) Fort Collins.

12. World War I began in July of which year?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1921.

13. What gesture was involved in Royal Albert Leeman's successful efforts to save lives during the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) He tipped his hat.
(b) He used semaphore.
(c) He raised one arm in the air.
(d) He waved his arms.

14. For what reason did men lining the suffrage parade route in Washington, D.C. begin "surging into the streets" (45)?
(a) To rip off the marchers' clothing.
(b) To carry the marchers along.
(c) To provide the marchers with water and food.
(d) To block the marchers.

15. In what state was the Seneca Falls Convention held?
(a) New York.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Maryland.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. The group referred to as the "suffrage pilgrims" (45) stopped by the home of new president Woodrow Wilson, who lived in what state?

2. During World War I, molasses and what substance were mixed with ammonium nitrate in order to make explosives?

3. In what month of 1919 did the Great Molasses Flood take place?

4. Modern studies have shown that the two causes of the Great Molasses Flood were shoddy construction and an explosion caused by what?

5. Around what time of day did the Great Molasses Flood commence?

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