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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. Women participating in Alice Paul's suffrage parade and march in 1913 were instructed to wear what color dresses?
(a) Red.
(b) Purple.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

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

3. What job was Royal Albert Leeman performing when he helped avoid a greater death toll than the Great Molasses Flood had already caused?
(a) Brakeman.
(b) Auto mechanic.
(c) Surgeon.
(d) Engineer.

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

5. Sandler states, "One of the NWP's main strategies was that of" (47) taking what action?
(a) Selling pamphlets.
(b) Lobbying.
(c) Sending telegrams.
(d) Fundraising.

Short Answer Questions

1. The construction of the container owned by USIA "was overseen by" (13) what type of person, rather than an engineer?

2. How many children were standing near the container, scraping molasses off the tank, at the time of the disaster?

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)?

4. Which amendment was concerned with women's right to vote?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reasons were the Western states more progressive in relation to women's voting rights than were the Eastern states?

2. What clues point to the conclusion that USIA likely knew that the molasses container needed attention before the Great Molasses Flood occurred?

3. What was "Watchfires of Freedom," (55) according to Sandler?

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

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

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

7. In what way did Hugh Ogden have "a major and lasting impact on the public's relationship with big business" (31)?

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

9. What conclusion does Sandler draw about the suffragettes' awareness of their predecessors in the field of civil disobedience?

10. What is the main claim Sandler makes within the introduction to 1919: The Year That Changed America?

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