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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Chapter 1: An Amazing Event.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the Clougherty family reportedly rode his bed along the speeding river of molasses?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Bridget.
(c) Teresa.
(d) Martin.

2. How many feet wide was the container that held the raw molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 90.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) 35.

3. What kind of metal was used to build the molasses container?
(a) Aluminum.
(b) Alloy.
(c) Copper.
(d) Steel.

4. Around what time of day did the Great Molasses Flood commence?
(a) 6:30 in the morning.
(b) Noon.
(c) 12:30 in the afternoon.
(d) 3:30 in the afternoon.

5. Modern studies have shown that the two causes of the Great Molasses Flood were shoddy construction and an explosion caused by what?
(a) Arson.
(b) Fermentation.
(c) A lit cigarette.
(d) A bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many feet high were the largest waves of molasses created during the Great Molasses Flood?

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

3. A reporter from which newspaper described the sounds associated with the disaster called the Great Molasses Flood?

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

5. For how many months had World War I been over when 1919 began?

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