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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of metal was used to build the molasses container?
(a) Alloy.
(b) Copper.
(c) Steel.
(d) Aluminum.

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

4. 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 Myer.
(c) Fort Collins.
(d) Fort Briggs.

5. 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 Pentagon.
(b) The Empire State Building.
(c) The Executive Mansion.
(d) The Washington Memorial.

6. 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) A vice-president.
(c) An attorney general.
(d) A senator.

7. "Over" how many "individuals and companies filed lawsuits against USIA" (29) in the aftermath of the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 425.
(b) 25.
(c) 125.
(d) 300.

8. How many children were standing near the container, scraping molasses off the tank, at the time of the disaster?
(a) 11.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

9. What did the Washington, D.C. police do when "many of the marchers were grabbed, shoved, and knocked down" (46) during Alice Paul's suffrage parade?
(a) They arrested the culprits.
(b) They arrested the marchers.
(c) They called off the march.
(d) Nothing.

10. For how many months had World War I been over when 1919 began?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

11. The women in the group called the "suffrage pilgrims" (41) ended their trek in what American city?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Washington, D.C.

12. How many feet high was the container that held the raw molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

13. In what area of Boston did the Great Molasses Flood occur?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) South.

14. The largest-ever suffrage parade took place in what city in November of a particular year?
(a) Oakland.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York City.
(d) Boston.

15. How many tons of molasses poured out of the USIA company's huge container, igniting the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?
(a) 11,000.
(b) 7,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 14,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the drawing created in 1915 that depicts "a torch-bearing woman" (38) striding across the United States?

2. What job was Royal Albert Leeman performing when he helped avoid a greater death toll than the Great Molasses Flood had already caused?

3. The construction of the container owned by USIA "was overseen by" (13) what type of person, rather than an engineer?

4. In what year was the Seneca Falls Convention held?

5. In what year was the molasses container originally built?

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