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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: The Red Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many individuals did Ogden find criminally liable for the tragic events of the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. In what year was the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) created, with Susan B. "Anthony as its main driving force" (37)?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1902.

3. At what kind of location was a meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America held on September 30, 1919?
(a) A town hall.
(b) A private home.
(c) A church.
(d) A restaurant.

4. How many Western states had already granted women the right to vote by the time a national women's suffrage law was passed?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 21.
(d) 14.

5. Analysts determined that the metal used to make the molasses container had what quality?
(a) It was too thick.
(b) It was too flexible.
(c) It was too thin.
(d) It was rusty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which black author wrote about the symbolism of the Northern United States in the early twentieth century?

2. The Great Migration refers to the period of mass movement of black people in America from what area of United States to the North?

3. What job was Frank McManus performing when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?

4. Henry A. Stinson, the secretary of war in 1913, promised that if the suffragists encountered trouble during Alice Paul's parade, he would send the cavalry from which nearby fort?

5. How many children were standing near the container, scraping molasses off the tank, at the time of the disaster?

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