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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Author's Note - Monticello Plantation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between 1774 and 1778 how many births and deaths were among Jefferson's enslaved population?
(a) 28 births and 15 deaths.
(b) 15 births and 8 deaths.
(c) 25 births and 18 deaths.
(d) 22 births and 12 deaths.

2. Where was Smith born and raised?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Baton Rouge.
(d) Mobile.

3. How many plantations did Jefferson have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

4. When did Smith make the visits to the places he describes in How the Word is Passed?
(a) Between November 2017 and April 2020.
(b) Between October 2017 and February 2020.
(c) Between May 2017 and January 2020.
(d) Between July 2017 and March 2020.

5. How long did Historian Lucia Stanton work as a historian at Monticello?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 35 years.
(c) Two decades.
(d) Over 3 decades.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many slaves did Jefferson sell over the course of his life?

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

3. How many of Sally Hemings children did Jefferson father?

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

5. When did Jefferson sign an act prohibiting the importation of slaves to the U.S.?

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