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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. How long was Norris Henderson imprisoned in Angola?
(a) 24 years.
(b) 21 years.
(c) 33 years.
(d) 27 years.

2. When did Madison Hemings, Sally Hemings and Jefferson's son give an interview to the Pike County Republican newspaper?
(a) April 19, 1873.
(b) March 1, 1873.
(c) April 30, 1873.
(d) March 13, 1873.

3. What percent of those at Angola did Norris believe were convicted by split juries?
(a) 25 percent.
(b) 50 percent.
(c) 45 percent.
(d) 35 percent.

4. When did Angola Prison's infamous maximum-security housing unit, Red Hat cell block, close?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1973.

5. How many slaves did Jefferson sell over the course of his life?
(a) 125.
(b) About 50.
(c) More than 100.
(d) 75.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the German Coast of Louisiana in the early 19th century, what percent of the total population was enslaved?

2. 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?

3. How many people were known to have been enslaved at Whitney Plantation?

4. How old was Jefferson's wife, Martha, when she died?

5. How old was Niya Bates, the director of African American history at Monticello, when Smith visit4ed when the Sally Heminmgs DNA results were released?

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