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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. How many women were part of the group who called themselves the "suffrage pilgrims" (41)?
(a) 16.
(b) 32.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.
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 children were standing near the container, scraping molasses off the tank, at the time of the disaster?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.
4. Analysts determined that the metal used to make the molasses container had what quality?
(a) It was too thin.
(b) It was too flexible.
(c) It was too thick.
(d) It was rusty.
5. 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) Marigold.
(b) Commercial.
(c) Magnolia.
(d) Occidental.
Short Answer Questions
1. A reporter from which newspaper described the sounds associated with the disaster called the Great Molasses Flood?
2. The construction of the container owned by USIA "was overseen by" (13) what type of person, rather than an engineer?
3. How old was Alice Paul when she attended the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association?
4. It is estimated that the waves of molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood moved at how many miles per hour?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the greater signficance of the Great Molasses Flood, providing at least one cause and one effect within your answer.
2. In what way did Hugh Ogden have "a major and lasting impact on the public's relationship with big business" (31)?
3. For what reasons were the Western states more progressive in relation to women's voting rights than were the Eastern states?
4. What was "Watchfires of Freedom," (55) according to Sandler?
5. What were the circumstances surrounding the formation of the National Woman's Party?
6. Who were the "suffrage pilgrims" (42) and how effective were their strategies?
7. Analyze a 1919 reporter's words about the Great Molasses Flood and discuss how they invoke the use of sensory details.
8. What role did elevated railroad brakeman Royal Albert Leeman play in the Great Molasses Flood?
9. 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)?
10. Discuss an instance when Sandler includes or highlights an element of absurdity in order to connect with a young audience in Chapter 1: An Amazing Event.
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