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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. How many millions of gallons of molasses were inside the tank when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?
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. What color did USIA paint the container in an effort to camouflage its numerous leaks oozing molasses?
4. In what year did Alice Paul and Lucy Burns form the National Woman's Party (NWP), a group Sandler calls "the most effective of all the women's groups" (47)?
5. Around what time of day did the Great Molasses Flood commence?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss an instance when Sandler highlights the irony of a situation within Chapter 1: An Amazing Event.
2. Who were the "suffrage pilgrims" (42) and how effective were their strategies?
3. Discuss the significance of the drawing entitled "The Awakening" included on page 37 of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote.
4. For what reasons were the Western states more progressive in relation to women's voting rights than were the Eastern states?
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 were ultimately revealed to be the two main causes of the Great Molasses Flood?
8. Analyze a 1919 reporter's use of literary devices to vividly depict the Great Molasses Flood.
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine Sandler’s use of characterization methods to portray real people. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?
Essay Topic 2
In what way does Sandler highlight irony within certain situations depicted in the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within 1919: The Year That Changed America and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Sandler’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of 1919: The Year That Changed America. How does Sandler use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of argumentative points central to the tenets of the work?
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