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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. A reporter from which newspaper described the sounds associated with the disaster called the Great Molasses Flood?
2. For how many months had World War I been over when 1919 began?
3. How many feet high was the container that held the raw molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood?
4. What kind of metal was used to build the molasses container?
5. By 1910, the area of Boston affected by the Great Molasses Flood had a population of 28,000 Italians. How large was the total population of that area?
Short Essay Questions
1. Analyze a 1919 reporter's use of literary devices to vividly depict the Great Molasses Flood.
2. Discuss the significance of the drawing entitled "The Awakening" included on page 37 of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote.
3. Discuss an instance when Sandler highlights the irony of a situation within Chapter 1: An Amazing Event.
4. Discuss an instance when Sandler includes or highlights an element of absurdity in order to connect with a young audience in Chapter 1: An Amazing Event.
5. 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)?
6. 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?
7. What is the main claim Sandler makes within the introduction to 1919: The Year That Changed America?
8. What clues point to the conclusion that USIA likely knew that the molasses container needed attention before the Great Molasses Flood occurred?
9. In what way did Hugh Ogden have "a major and lasting impact on the public's relationship with big business" (31)?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Sandler's decision to include humor within the nonfiction text of 1919: The Year That Changed America. What purpose did Sandler have in mind when including these instances of humor and how does the inclusion of these instances support the overarching themes and messages of the text?
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
Discuss Sandler’s use of the motif of sound within the nonfiction work 1919: The Year That Changed America.
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