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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 gesture was involved in Royal Albert Leeman's successful efforts to save lives during the Great Molasses Flood?
2. How many women were part of the group who called themselves the "suffrage pilgrims" (41)?
3. Which amendment was concerned with women's right to vote?
4. How many tons of molasses poured out of the USIA company's huge container, igniting the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?
5. How many feet high were the largest waves of molasses created during the Great Molasses Flood?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was "Watchfires of Freedom," (55) according to Sandler?
2. What role did elevated railroad brakeman Royal Albert Leeman play in the Great Molasses Flood?
3. Discuss an instance when Sandler highlights the irony of a situation within Chapter 1: An Amazing Event.
4. What conclusion does Sandler draw about the suffragettes' awareness of their predecessors in the field of civil disobedience?
5. Who were the "suffrage pilgrims" (42) and how effective were their strategies?
6. What were ultimately revealed to be the two main causes of the Great Molasses Flood?
7. Describe the very first "suffrage parade" (40) in American history.
8. What is the main claim Sandler makes within the introduction to 1919: The Year That Changed America?
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. For what reasons were the Western states more progressive in relation to women's voting rights than were the Eastern states?
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
What is Sandler's message regarding the difference between awareness and activism and how does Sandler get this message across to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
What ultimate message is Sandler sending about the mythical qualities of the United States?
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