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

2. The National American Woman Suffrage Association convention attended by Alice Paul took place in what year?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1919.

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

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

5. How many millions of gallons of molasses were inside the tank when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?
(a) 2.3.
(b) 321.
(c) 47.
(d) 11.4.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many feet high were the largest waves of molasses created during the Great Molasses Flood?

3. What objects were kept burning day and night in the tactic the NWP named, "Watchfires of Freedom" (55)?

4. How many Western states had already granted women the right to vote by the time a national women's suffrage law was passed?

5. Around what time of day did the Great Molasses Flood commence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the "suffrage pilgrims" (42) and how effective were their strategies?

2. Describe the "largest suffrage parade" (40) in American history.

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

4. Describe the very first "suffrage parade" (40) in American history.

5. What role did elevated railroad brakeman Royal Albert Leeman play in the Great Molasses Flood?

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

7. Discuss the significance of the drawing entitled "The Awakening" included on page 37 of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote.

8. How many "tons of raw molasses poured out" (15) of the container, how high were the waves it produced, and how fast did the molasses move during the Great Molasses Flood?

9. 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)?

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

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