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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. What kind of establishment did Martin Clougherty own in the North End of Boston?
(a) A blacksmith.
(b) A bar.
(c) A bank.
(d) A coffee shop.

2. What job was Frank McManus performing when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?
(a) He was a firefighter.
(b) He was a paramedic.
(c) He was a policeman.
(d) He was a streetsweeper.

3. Which of his siblings was Martin surprised to pull up out of the molasses during the flood?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Meredith.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Bridget.

4. World War I began in July of which year?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1909.

5. For how many months had World War I been over when 1919 began?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. It is estimated that the waves of molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood moved at how many miles per hour?

4. By 1910, the area of Boston affected by the Great Molasses Flood had a population of 28,000 Italians. How large was the total population of that area?

5. Modern studies have shown that the two causes of the Great Molasses Flood were shoddy construction and an explosion caused by what?

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