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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A reporter from which newspaper described the sounds associated with the disaster called the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) The Boston Review.
(b) The Boston Post.
(c) The Boston Gazette.
(d) The Boston Herald.

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) New Jersey.
(b) Maryland.
(c) New York.
(d) Pennsylvania.

3. By 1916, the membership of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage had grown to what size?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 350,000.
(c) 750,000.
(d) 150,000.

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

5. How many feet high were the largest waves of molasses created during the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. World War I began in July of which year?

2. Which member of the Clougherty family reportedly rode his bed along the speeding river of molasses?

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

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

5. What objects were kept burning day and night in the tactic the NWP named, "Watchfires of Freedom" (55)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did elevated railroad brakeman Royal Albert Leeman play in the Great Molasses Flood?

2. Describe the "largest suffrage parade" (40) in American history.

3. What were the circumstances surrounding the formation of the National Woman's Party?

4. Analyze a 1919 reporter's words about the Great Molasses Flood and discuss how they invoke the use of sensory details.

5. In what way does the photograph of the men standing at the booth marked "National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage" (42) evoke the motif of the Other?

6. Discuss the greater signficance of the Great Molasses Flood, providing at least one cause and one effect within your answer.

7. Describe the very first "suffrage parade" (40) in American history.

8. What is Sandler's purpose for including a photograph of the "mass of debris" that is "all that was left of what had been the Clougherty house" (29)?

9. Discuss the significance of the drawing entitled "The Awakening" included on page 37 of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote.

10. What evidence does Sandler provide for his claim that the Western states were more progressive than the Eastern states in terms of women's suffrage?

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