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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sandler states that in the early twentieth century, a woman was unable to legally object if her husband decided to take what action?
(a) Have her sterilized.
(b) Take a mistress.
(c) Commit her to a mental institution.
(d) Give up their children for adoption.

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

3. How many of the children standing near the container at the time of the disaster survived the event?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 2.

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

5. Analysts determined that the metal used to make the molasses container had what quality?
(a) It was too thick.
(b) It was too flexible.
(c) It was too thin.
(d) It was rusty.

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

7. Which of his siblings was Martin surprised to pull up out of the molasses during the flood?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Bridget.
(c) Meredith.
(d) Stephen.

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

9. Who was the main organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention?
(a) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
(b) Sally Jones.
(c) Susan B. Anthony.
(d) Erin A. Sargent.

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

11. 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 Washington Memorial.
(c) The Executive Mansion.
(d) The Pentagon.

12. 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) Auto mechanic.
(c) Surgeon.
(d) Engineer.

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

14. What was the first name of Ogden, the man who was put in charge of determining criminal and civil liability for USIA after the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) Walt.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Herman.
(d) Hugh.

15. How many Western states had already granted women the right to vote by the time a national women's suffrage law was passed?
(a) 21.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Alice Paul when she attended the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association?

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

3. Which amendment was concerned with women's right to vote?

4. The women in the group called the "suffrage pilgrims" (41) ended their trek in what American city?

5. Woman's Era was the title of "the first periodical published in the United States" (38) by whom?

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