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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The group referred to as the "suffrage pilgrims" (45) stopped by the home of new president Woodrow Wilson, who lived in what state?
(a) Maryland.
(b) New York.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New Jersey.

3. 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.

4. 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 Gazette.
(d) The Boston Herald.

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

6. The box marked "Molasses" (26) in Chapter 1: An Amazing Event states that molasses is "produced by boiling juice extracted from" (28) what?
(a) Coconuts.
(b) Guavas.
(c) Sugarcane.
(d) Pineapple.

7. Before Ogden ruled that USIA would be held financially responsible for the harm it caused to victims of the flood, how many other corporations had been deemed liable for their actions in such a way?
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

8. 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 marchers.
(b) They called off the march.
(c) They arrested the culprits.
(d) Nothing.

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

10. What is the title of the drawing created in 1915 that depicts "a torch-bearing woman" (38) striding across the United States?
(a) The Cause.
(b) The Freedom.
(c) The Awakening.
(d) The Truth.

11. The women in the group called the "suffrage pilgrims" (41) began their long journey in what American city?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Oakland.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York City.

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

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

14. 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) 64,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 49,000.
(d) 99,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. It is estimated that the waves of molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood moved at how many miles per hour?

3. Sandler states that in the early twentieth century, a woman was unable to legally object if her husband decided to take what action?

4. 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?

5. What kind of metal was used to build the molasses container?

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