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

2. What was the first name of Ogden, the man who was put in charge of determining criminal and civil liability for USIA after the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) Walt.
(b) Herman.
(c) Hugh.
(d) Ralph.

3. What gesture was involved in Royal Albert Leeman's successful efforts to save lives during the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) He raised one arm in the air.
(b) He used semaphore.
(c) He tipped his hat.
(d) He waved his arms.

4. What is the title of the drawing created in 1915 that depicts "a torch-bearing woman" (38) striding across the United States?
(a) The Cause.
(b) The Truth.
(c) The Awakening.
(d) The Freedom.

5. 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) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. World War I began in July of which year?

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