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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Women participating in Alice Paul's suffrage parade and march in 1913 were instructed to wear what color dresses?
(a) Purple.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

2. 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) Blacksmith.
(c) Cook.
(d) Auto mechanic.

3. How many feet wide was the container that held the raw molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 90.
(b) 35.
(c) 20.
(d) 50.

4. Woman's Era was the title of "the first periodical published in the United States" (38) by whom?
(a) Black women.
(b) Asian women.
(c) White women.
(d) Women.

5. In what month of 1919 did the Great Molasses Flood take place?
(a) November.
(b) April.
(c) January.
(d) June.

6. What kind of metal was used to build the molasses container?
(a) Steel.
(b) Aluminum.
(c) Copper.
(d) Alloy.

7. Sandler points out that the battle for women to attain the right to vote was waged for over how many years before it was resolved?
(a) 70.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

8. In what area of Boston did the Great Molasses Flood occur?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) South.
(d) North.

9. How many individuals did Ogden find criminally liable for the tragic events of the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

10. Sandler states, "One of the NWP's main strategies was that of" (47) taking what action?
(a) Sending telegrams.
(b) Fundraising.
(c) Selling pamphlets.
(d) Lobbying.

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

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

13. Which member of the Clougherty family reportedly rode his bed along the speeding river of molasses?
(a) Martin.
(b) Bridget.
(c) Teresa.
(d) Stephen.

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

15. The largest-ever suffrage parade took place in what city in November of a particular year?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York City.
(d) Oakland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of establishment did Martin Clougherty own in the North End of Boston?

2. What did the Washington, D.C. police do when "many of the marchers were grabbed, shoved, and knocked down" (46) during Alice Paul's suffrage parade?

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

4. 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?

5. How many children were standing near the container, scraping molasses off the tank, at the time of the disaster?

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