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

2. When did James Hubbard, an enslaved man who worked in Monticello's nail factory run away?
(a) Around 1810.
(b) 1808.
(c) 1809.
(d) During 1811.

3. When did Louisiana begin using the electric chair?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1941.

4. When was the transatlantic slave trade outlawed?
(a) 1808.
(b) 1804.
(c) 1801.
(d) 1811.

5. How many of Jefferson's descendants are buried in the Jefferson Cemetery?
(a) About 250.
(b) 280.
(c) Roughly 200.
(d) 240.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Black poet did Jefferson denigrate?

2. Where was Smith born and raised?

3. How many languages does Dr. Ibrahima Seck speak?

4. When did the State of Louisiana take over running Angola?

5. How many of Sally Hemings children survived into adulthood?

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