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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Ogden ruled that USIA would be held financially responsible for the harm it caused to victims of the flood, how many other corporations had been deemed liable for their actions in such a way?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

2. How many women were part of the group who called themselves the "suffrage pilgrims" (41)?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 32.
(d) 16.

3. What color did USIA paint the container in an effort to camouflage its numerous leaks oozing molasses?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Black.
(c) Orange.
(d) Brown.

4. In what state was the Seneca Falls Convention held?
(a) Maryland.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Virginia.

5. How many feet high were the largest waves of molasses created during the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the children standing near the container at the time of the disaster survived the event?

2. 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?

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. Which type of official first presented Congress "with a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote" (36) in 1878?

5. How many feet wide was the container that held the raw molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood?

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