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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many floats participated within Alice Paul's suffrage parade and march in 1913?
(a) 20.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 100.

2. What job was Frank McManus performing when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?
(a) He was a policeman.
(b) He was a paramedic.
(c) He was a streetsweeper.
(d) He was a firefighter.

3. 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) 1916.
(d) 1913.

4. Which member of the Clougherty family reportedly rode his bed along the speeding river of molasses?
(a) Martin.
(b) Bridget.
(c) Teresa.
(d) Stephen.

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

6. Modern studies have shown that the two causes of the Great Molasses Flood were shoddy construction and an explosion caused by what?
(a) A bomb.
(b) Fermentation.
(c) A lit cigarette.
(d) Arson.

7. 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.

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

9. Who was the main organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention?
(a) Susan B. Anthony.
(b) Sally Jones.
(c) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
(d) Erin A. Sargent.

10. In what month of 1913 did Alice Paul's suffrage parade take place?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) December.
(d) June.

11. 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) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 1.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The women in the group called the "suffrage pilgrims" (41) ended their trek in what American city?

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

3. How many millions of gallons of molasses were inside the tank when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?

4. Sandler states, "One of the NWP's main strategies was that of" (47) taking what action?

5. The largest-ever suffrage parade took place in what city in November of a particular year?

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