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

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

3. How deep did slaves have to dig for water before water was found at Monticello?
(a) 70 feet.
(b) 30 feet.
(c) 65 feet.
(d) 20 feet.

4. To what Native Americans did the land Monticello sits on belong?
(a) Nottoway.
(b) Monacan.
(c) Choctaw.
(d) Munsee Lanape.

5. When was Monticello first opened to the public?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1897.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Smith make the visits to the places he describes in How the Word is Passed?

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

3. How old was Leon A. Waters in the Prologue?

4. Where did David Thorson's children go to college?

5. For the first how many years that Monticello was a museum, how were most of the guides Black men dresses as slaves?

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