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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Alice Paul when she attended the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association?
(a) 22.
(b) 28.
(c) 34.
(d) 17.

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

4. How many Western states had already granted women the right to vote by the time a national women's suffrage law was passed?
(a) 21.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

5. Sandler states that in the early twentieth century, a woman was unable to legally object if her husband decided to take what action?
(a) Give up their children for adoption.
(b) Commit her to a mental institution.
(c) Have her sterilized.
(d) Take a mistress.

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What objects were kept burning day and night in the tactic the NWP named, "Watchfires of Freedom" (55)?
(a) Copies of President Woodrow Wilson's speeches.
(b) Copies of birth certificates.
(c) Socks.
(d) Garter belts.

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

15. What was the first name of Ogden, the man who was put in charge of determining criminal and civil liability for USIA after the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) Hugh.
(b) Herman.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Walt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage formed?

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

3. In what area of Boston did the Great Molasses Flood occur?

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

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?

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