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

2. From where were the jail cells that sit at the center of Whitney Plantation grounds from originally?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Pennsylvania.

3. When did Jefferson sign an act prohibiting the importation of slaves to the U.S.?
(a) 1808.
(b) 1807.
(c) 1806.
(d) 1805.

4. How much was Norris Henderson paid for working in the field when he was at Angola?
(a) 6 cents an hour.
(b) 5 cents an hour.
(c) 7 cents an hour.
(d) 8 cents an hour.

5. In the 2013 law suit when three men on death row sued Angola for "appalling and extreme conditions" (111), what was the heat index on death row at times?
(a) 175 degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) 185 degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) 195 degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) 180 degrees Fahrenheit.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ulrich Bonnell Phillips write that slavery was a benevolent system designed to civilize "an inferior African race" (71)?

2. How long was Norris Henderson imprisoned in Angola?

3. When did the children honored at the Field of Angels die in Saint John the Baptist Parish?

4. In "Monticello Plantation," where was Smith living?

5. How many slaves did the Madison family have on Monticello Plantation?

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