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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 paramedic.
(b) He was a firefighter.
(c) He was a policeman.
(d) He was a streetsweeper.

2. During World War I, molasses and what substance were mixed with ammonium nitrate in order to make explosives?
(a) Water.
(b) Napalm.
(c) Gunpowder.
(d) Vinegar.

3. It is estimated that the waves of molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood moved at how many miles per hour?
(a) 22.
(b) 60.
(c) 35.
(d) 12.

4. How many floats participated within Alice Paul's suffrage parade and march in 1913?
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 100.
(d) 20.

5. What job was Royal Albert Leeman performing when he helped avoid a greater death toll than the Great Molasses Flood had already caused?
(a) Brakeman.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Auto mechanic.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. Analysts determined that the metal used to make the molasses container had what quality?

4. When Frank McManus called for help after watching the tank's top blow off, he said, "There's a wave of molasses coming down" (16) which street?

5. Sandler states that in the early twentieth century, a woman was unable to legally object if her husband decided to take what action?

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