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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Whitney Plantation - Angola Prison.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to James Roberts, an enslaved man who fought in the Revolutionary war and was sold in 1783 to a Louisiana plantation, how many women were kept constantly for breeding?
(a) 50 to 60.
(b) 90 to 100.
(c) 40 to 50.
(d) 70 to 80.

2. When was the land that became the Whitney Plantation purchased?
(a) 1761.
(b) 1749.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1752.

3. When Smith visited Angola Prison, what percent of people serving life sentences were Black?
(a) 71%.
(b) 83%.
(c) 62%.
(d) 69%.

4. How old was Leon A. Waters in the Prologue?
(a) Late 60s.
(b) 68.
(c) Early 70s.
(d) 62.

5. How old was Yvonne Holden's grandfather when he and his brother tried to leave Arkansas for Illinois?
(a) 14.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where were the jail cells that sit at the center of Whitney Plantation grounds from originally?

2. How deep did slaves have to dig for water before water was found at Monticello?

3. How long was Norris Henderson imprisoned in Angola?

4. When was the book The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South published?

5. How many lives of enslaved children are honored at the Field of Angels?

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