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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the Clougherty family reportedly rode his bed along the speeding river of molasses?

2. How many millions of gallons of molasses were inside the tank when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?

3. How many individuals did Ogden find criminally liable for the tragic events of the Great Molasses Flood?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss an instance when Sandler highlights the irony of a situation within Chapter 1: An Amazing Event.

2. What "effective tactics" (34) used by suffragettes are portrayed in the photograph included just prior to the start of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote?

3. What is Sandler's purpose for including a photograph of the "mass of debris" that is "all that was left of what had been the Clougherty house" (29)?

4. What were the circumstances surrounding the formation of the National Woman's Party?

5. What were ultimately revealed to be the two main causes of the Great Molasses Flood?

6. For what reasons were the Western states more progressive in relation to women's voting rights than were the Eastern states?

7. What conclusion does Sandler draw about the suffragettes' awareness of their predecessors in the field of civil disobedience?

8. What evidence does Sandler provide for his claim that the Western states were more progressive than the Eastern states in terms of women's suffrage?

9. What is the main claim Sandler makes within the introduction to 1919: The Year That Changed America?

10. In what way does the photograph of the men standing at the booth marked "National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage" (42) evoke the motif of the Other?

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