View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many tons of molasses poured out of the USIA company's huge container, igniting the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?
(a) 11,000.
(b) 14,000.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 3,000.

2. When Frank McManus called for help after watching the tank's top blow off, he said, "There's a wave of molasses coming down" (16) which street?
(a) Marigold.
(b) Occidental.
(c) Magnolia.
(d) Commercial.

3. The box marked "Molasses" (26) in Chapter 1: An Amazing Event states that molasses is "produced by boiling juice extracted from" (28) what?
(a) Coconuts.
(b) Sugarcane.
(c) Guavas.
(d) Pineapple.

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

5. How old was Alice Paul when she attended the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association?
(a) 34.
(b) 28.
(c) 17.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many millions of gallons of molasses were inside the tank when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?

2. The women in the group called the "suffrage pilgrims" (41) began their long journey in what American city?

3. Sandler points out that the battle for women to attain the right to vote was waged for over how many years before it was resolved?

4. Which of his siblings was Martin surprised to pull up out of the molasses during the flood?

5. The largest-ever suffrage parade took place in what city in November of a particular year?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 226 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample