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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. The largest-ever suffrage parade attracted about how many participants?
2. In what month of 1913 did Alice Paul's suffrage parade take place?
3. In front of what location are the suffragists picketing, in the photograph included just prior to the opening of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote?
4. How many feet high were the largest waves of molasses created during the Great Molasses Flood?
5. Which member of the Clougherty family reportedly rode his bed along the speeding river of molasses?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss an instance when Sandler highlights the irony of a situation within Chapter 1: An Amazing Event.
2. 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?
3. What is the main claim Sandler makes within the introduction to 1919: The Year That Changed America?
4. What clues point to the conclusion that USIA likely knew that the molasses container needed attention before the Great Molasses Flood occurred?
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. Analyze a 1919 reporter's use of literary devices to vividly depict the Great Molasses Flood.
7. Who were the "suffrage pilgrims" (42) and how effective were their strategies?
8. What role did elevated railroad brakeman Royal Albert Leeman play in the Great Molasses Flood?
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. Describe the "largest suffrage parade" (40) in American history.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for 1919: The Year That Changed America.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How is the theme of hypocrisy treated within Sandler’s text and with which of the text’s messages does the theme closely connect?
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