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

2. Which amendment was concerned with women's right to vote?
(a) The 4th.
(b) The 12th.
(c) The 19th.
(d) The 23rd.

3. Sandler states that in the early twentieth century, a woman was unable to legally object if her husband decided to take what action?
(a) Give up their children for adoption.
(b) Commit her to a mental institution.
(c) Take a mistress.
(d) Have her sterilized.

4. How many children were standing near the container, scraping molasses off the tank, at the time of the disaster?
(a) 11.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. World War I began in July of which year?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1921.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of metal was used to build the molasses container?

2. The women in the group called the "suffrage pilgrims" (41) began their long journey in what American city?

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

4. How many people participated in the march for women's suffrage in Washington, D.C. in 1913?

5. "Over" how many "individuals and companies filed lawsuits against USIA" (29) in the aftermath of 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 were the two most effective general strategies employed by the National Woman's Party in their pursuit of women getting the right to vote?

3. 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?

4. 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)?

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

6. Analyze a 1919 reporter's use of literary devices to vividly depict the Great Molasses Flood.

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

8. 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?

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

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

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