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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. 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) Commercial.
(b) Occidental.
(c) Marigold.
(d) Magnolia.

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

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

4. Around what time of day did the Great Molasses Flood commence?
(a) Noon.
(b) 3:30 in the afternoon.
(c) 12:30 in the afternoon.
(d) 6:30 in the morning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Seneca Falls Convention held?

2. 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?

3. "Over" how many "individuals and companies filed lawsuits against USIA" (29) in the aftermath of the Great Molasses Flood?

4. How many women were part of the group who called themselves the "suffrage pilgrims" (41)?

5. The women in the group called the "suffrage pilgrims" (41) ended their trek in what American city?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were ultimately revealed to be the two main causes of the Great Molasses Flood?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. Who were the "suffrage pilgrims" (42) and how effective were their strategies?

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. 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?

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