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

2. What artist designed the statues in the church at Whitney Plantation?
(a) Kehinde Wiley.
(b) Charles Alston.
(c) Sam Gilliam.
(d) Woodrow Nash.

3. When did the children honored at the Field of Angels die in Saint John the Baptist Parish?
(a) 1810 to 1850.
(b) 1823 through 1863.
(c) 1800 to 1844.
(d) 1830 to 1855.

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

5. How many of Sally Hemings children survived into adulthood?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Historian Lucia Stanton work as a historian at Monticello?

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

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

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

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

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