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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The official program for Alice Paul's suffrage parade consisted of how many pages?
(a) 10.
(b) 50.
(c) 120.
(d) 20.

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

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) Barrel-maker.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Auto mechanic.
(d) Cook.

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

5. In what year was the molasses container originally built?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1908.

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

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

8. By 1910, the area of Boston affected by the Great Molasses Flood had a population of 28,000 Italians. How large was the total population of that area?
(a) 99,000.
(b) 49,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 64,000.

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

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

11. In what city was the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association the year Alice Paul attended?
(a) New York City.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Macon.

12. In what year was the Seneca Falls Convention held?
(a) 1863.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1848.

13. 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.

14. How many of the children standing near the container at the time of the disaster survived the event?
(a) 7.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

15. The largest-ever suffrage parade attracted about how many participants?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 5,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the main organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention?

2. Woman's Era was the title of "the first periodical published in the United States" (38) by whom?

3. For how many months had World War I been over when 1919 began?

4. 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?

5. What job was Frank McManus performing when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?

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