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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. 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?
(a) The Empire State Building.
(b) The Executive Mansion.
(c) The Pentagon.
(d) The Washington Memorial.

2. 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?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 49,000.
(c) 99,000.
(d) 64,000.

3. How many children were standing near the container, scraping molasses off the tank, at the time of the disaster?
(a) 11.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

4. Around what time of day did the Great Molasses Flood commence?
(a) Noon.
(b) 6:30 in the morning.
(c) 3:30 in the afternoon.
(d) 12:30 in the afternoon.

5. USIA bought up as much molasses as possible before Prohibition in order to make and sell what type of alcohol?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Rum.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) created, with Susan B. "Anthony as its main driving force" (37)?

2. Women participating in Alice Paul's suffrage parade and march in 1913 were instructed to wear what color dresses?

3. During World War I, molasses and what substance were mixed with ammonium nitrate in order to make explosives?

4. What job was Frank McManus performing when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?

5. The official program for Alice Paul's suffrage parade consisted of how many pages?

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