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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 did the man have who ended up being tossed into the harbor after narrowly escaping other perils in the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) Barrel-maker.
(b) Auto mechanic.
(c) Cook.
(d) Blacksmith.

2. The women in the group called the "suffrage pilgrims" (41) ended their trek in what American city?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Washington, D.C.

3. By 1916, the membership of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage had grown to what size?
(a) 150,000.
(b) 350,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 750,000.

4. How many millions of gallons of molasses were inside the tank when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?
(a) 321.
(b) 47.
(c) 2.3.
(d) 11.4.

5. The construction of the container owned by USIA "was overseen by" (13) what type of person, rather than an engineer?
(a) A doctor.
(b) An accountant.
(c) A stockbroker.
(d) A veterinarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. The largest-ever suffrage parade attracted about how many participants?

2. What objects were kept burning day and night in the tactic the NWP named, "Watchfires of Freedom" (55)?

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

4. In what month was the Seneca Falls Convention held?

5. In what month of 1919 did the Great Molasses Flood take place?

(see the answer key)

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