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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blandford Cemetery.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the civil war, how many slave cabins were on the Whitney Plantation?
(a) 36.
(b) 28.
(c) 22.
(d) 39.

2. How many years did it take Nora Davidson's Ladies' Memorial Association to exhume bodies of Confederate soldiers and bury them?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 5 years.

3. How many stained glass windows did Louis Comfort Tiffany create for Blandford Church?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.

4. After Smith's first visit to Blandford, where did he drive?
(a) Portsmouth.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Norfolk.
(d) Chesapeake.

5. On the German Coast of Louisiana in the early 19th century, what percent of the total population was enslaved?
(a) 55%.
(b) 45%.
(c) Roughly 60%.
(d) About 70%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of those at Angola did Norris believe were convicted by split juries?

2. When did Laura Martin Rose, historian and president of the UDC's Mississippi chapter, publish The Ku Klux Klan; or, Invisible Empire?

3. When was the first Memorial Day celebrated on the grounds of Blandford Cemetery?

4. When was the first person put to death by lethal injection in Lousiaian?

5. What is the date of the oldest marked grave at Blandford Cemetery?

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