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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. What objects were kept burning day and night in the tactic the NWP named, "Watchfires of Freedom" (55)?

2. Woman's Era was the title of "the first periodical published in the United States" (38) by whom?

3. What color did USIA paint the container in an effort to camouflage its numerous leaks oozing molasses?

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

5. Which member of the Clougherty family reportedly rode his bed along the speeding river of molasses?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. Discuss the greater signficance of the Great Molasses Flood, providing at least one cause and one effect within your answer.

10. Analyze a 1919 reporter's use of literary devices to vividly depict the Great Molasses Flood.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Sandler employ the use or rejection of fallacy within 1919: The Year That Changed America and how does the inclusion of fallacy help Sandler to prove particular points made within the text?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Sandler’s book 1919: The Year That Changed America. What message is Sandler sending about these two themes over the course of the book?

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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