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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The largest-ever suffrage parade attracted about how many participants?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 10,000.

3. A reporter from which newspaper described the sounds associated with the disaster called the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) The Boston Gazette.
(b) The Boston Review.
(c) The Boston Post.
(d) The Boston Herald.

4. In what state was the Seneca Falls Convention held?
(a) Virginia.
(b) California.
(c) Maryland.
(d) New York.

5. In what year was the molasses container originally built?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1917.

6. How many women were part of the group who called themselves the "suffrage pilgrims" (41)?
(a) 32.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 16.

7. 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?
(a) Fort Myer.
(b) Fort Knox.
(c) Fort Briggs.
(d) Fort Collins.

8. Whose idea was it to hold a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. at the same time as the US Presidential inauguration?
(a) Alice Paul's.
(b) J. Edgar Hoover's.
(c) Susan B. Anthony's.
(d) Elizabeth Cady Stanton's.

9. In what year was the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) created, with Susan B. "Anthony as its main driving force" (37)?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1902.

10. 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?
(a) Nothing.
(b) They arrested the marchers.
(c) They arrested the culprits.
(d) They called off the march.

11. 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) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 9.

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

13. How old was Alice Paul when she attended the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association?
(a) 17.
(b) 28.
(c) 22.
(d) 34.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of metal was used to build the molasses container?

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

4. What job did the man have who ended up being tossed into the harbor after narrowly escaping other perils in the Great Molasses Flood?

5. For what reason did men lining the suffrage parade route in Washington, D.C. begin "surging into the streets" (45)?

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