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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the average age for a Civil War soldier according to a man named Jason at the SCV celebration?
(a) 17 to 22.
(b) 19 to 25.
(c) 18 to 24.
(d) 20 to 30.

2. How large is the arena for the Angola Prison Rodeo?
(a) 6,000 seats
(b) 9,000 seats.
(c) 4,000 seats.
(d) 7,000 seats.

3. When did John Cummings learn about Whitney Plantation and consider buying it?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1994.

4. Where was Smith born and raised?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Mobile.

5. How many sculpted heads on stakes were on exhibit at the Whitney Plantation?
(a) 60.
(b) 40.
(c) 55.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did members of Petersburg's free Black community purchase the People's Memorial Cemetery?

2. When did Jefferson publish a history of the Confederacy claiming that slavery had nothing to do with the Civil War?

3. When was the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history?

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

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

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