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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. For how many generations were some of the slaves at Monticello enslaved there?
(a) 3 generations.
(b) 5 generations.
(c) 2 generations.
(d) 4 generations.

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

3. In 1860, how many of the nearly four million enslaved people were under the age of 20?
(a) 60 percent.
(b) 57 percent.
(c) 53 percent.
(d) 62 percent.

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

5. When was the first person put to death by lethal injection in Lousiaian?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the average sentence at Angola?

2. When was Norris Henderson released from Angola?

3. When Smith visited Monticello, how many of the 89 tour guides were Black?

4. What was the name of Sally Hemings child who was freed in Jefferson's will?

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

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