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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 people participated in the march for women's suffrage in Washington, D.C. in 1913?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 10,000.

2. In what state was the Seneca Falls Convention held?
(a) Maryland.
(b) New York.
(c) Virginia.
(d) California.

3. 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) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

4. In what month was the Seneca Falls Convention held?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) October.
(d) November.

5. What kind of establishment did Martin Clougherty own in the North End of Boston?
(a) A bank.
(b) A bar.
(c) A coffee shop.
(d) A blacksmith.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tons of molasses poured out of the USIA company's huge container, igniting the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

2. What job was Royal Albert Leeman performing when he helped avoid a greater death toll than the Great Molasses Flood had already caused?

3. In what month of 1919 did the Great Molasses Flood take place?

4. What color did USIA paint the container in an effort to camouflage its numerous leaks oozing molasses?

5. What gesture was involved in Royal Albert Leeman's successful efforts to save lives during the Great Molasses Flood?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many "tons of raw molasses poured out" (15) of the container, how high were the waves it produced, and how fast did the molasses move during the Great Molasses Flood?

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

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

4. Discuss an instance when Sandler highlights the irony of a situation within Chapter 1: An Amazing Event.

5. What "effective tactics" (34) used by suffragettes are portrayed in the photograph included just prior to the start of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote?

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

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

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

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

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

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