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

2. In what city was the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association the year Alice Paul attended?
(a) Macon.
(b) Charleston.
(c) New York City.
(d) Philadelphia.

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

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

5. What kind of metal was used to build the molasses container?
(a) Alloy.
(b) Aluminum.
(c) Copper.
(d) Steel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. USIA bought up as much molasses as possible before Prohibition in order to make and sell what type of alcohol?

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

4. In what year was the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) created, with Susan B. "Anthony as its main driving force" (37)?

5. It is estimated that the waves of molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood moved at how many miles per hour?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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