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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year was the Seneca Falls Convention held?
2. Which member of the Clougherty family reportedly rode his bed along the speeding river of molasses?
3. How many people participated in the march for women's suffrage in Washington, D.C. in 1913?
4. What job did the man have who ended up being tossed into the harbor after narrowly escaping other perils in the Great Molasses Flood?
5. The construction of the container owned by USIA "was overseen by" (13) what type of person, rather than an engineer?
Short Essay Questions
1. What conclusion does Sandler draw about the suffragettes' awareness of their predecessors in the field of civil disobedience?
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 an instance when Sandler highlights the irony of a situation within Chapter 1: An Amazing Event.
4. Discuss the greater signficance of the Great Molasses Flood, providing at least one cause and one effect within your answer.
5. Analyze a 1919 reporter's words about the Great Molasses Flood and discuss how they invoke the use of sensory details.
6. What is the main claim Sandler makes within the introduction to 1919: The Year That Changed America?
7. Who were the "suffrage pilgrims" (42) and how effective were their strategies?
8. For what reasons were the Western states more progressive in relation to women's voting rights than were the Eastern states?
9. 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?
10. What role did elevated railroad brakeman Royal Albert Leeman play in the Great Molasses Flood?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Sandler’s use of the motif of sound within the nonfiction work 1919: The Year That Changed America.
Essay Topic 2
Examine how Sandler goes about connecting personal experience with the arguments put forth within 1919: The Year That Changed America. How does Sandler accomplish this goal and how does this goal relate to the overarching themes of the text?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for 1919: The Year That Changed America.
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