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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Galveston Island - New York City.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Smith interviewed Niya Bates, how long did she say they had been giving esentially the same main tour?
(a) Since the mid-50s.
(b) Since the 1960s.
(c) Since the 1940s.
(d) Since the 1970s.

2. In 1850, how many Black people owned property in New York City?
(a) 62.
(b) 48.
(c) 71.
(d) 57.

3. What Black poet did Jefferson denigrate?
(a) Phillis Wheatley.
(b) Lucy Terry.
(c) John Jea.
(d) Jupiter Hammon.

4. When Smith visited Monticello, how many of the 89 tour guides were Black?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

5. How many free and enslaved people are buried at the African Burial Ground National Monument?
(a) 511.
(b) 394.
(c) 419.
(d) 278.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did an honor guard at the Sons of Confederate Veterans celebration at Blandford shoot their rifles?

2. Where was Smith born and raised?

3. When did Madison Hemings, Sally Hemings and Jefferson's son give an interview to the Pike County Republican newspaper?

4. How old was Jefferson's wife, Martha, when she died?

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

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