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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. What job was Royal Albert Leeman performing when he helped avoid a greater death toll than the Great Molasses Flood had already caused?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Auto mechanic.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Brakeman.

2. What job was Frank McManus performing when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?
(a) He was a streetsweeper.
(b) He was a firefighter.
(c) He was a paramedic.
(d) He was a policeman.

3. "Over" how many "individuals and companies filed lawsuits against USIA" (29) in the aftermath of the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 425.
(b) 25.
(c) 300.
(d) 125.

4. The construction of the container owned by USIA "was overseen by" (13) what type of person, rather than an engineer?
(a) An accountant.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A stockbroker.
(d) A veterinarian.

5. How many millions of gallons of molasses were inside the tank when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?
(a) 11.4.
(b) 2.3.
(c) 47.
(d) 321.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association the year Alice Paul attended?

2. During World War I, molasses and what substance were mixed with ammonium nitrate in order to make explosives?

3. How many feet high was the container that held the raw molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood?

4. Who was the main organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention?

5. By 1916, the membership of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage had grown to what size?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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)?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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