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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. How old was Yvonne Holden's grandfather when he and his brother tried to leave Arkansas for Illinois?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 14.

2. When did Al Edwards Sr. attempt to turn Juneteenth into a statewide celebration in Texas?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1984.

3. When was the land for Emancipation Park in Houston purchased?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1895.

4. What is the date of the oldest marked grave at Blandford Cemetery?
(a) 1702.
(b) 1704.
(c) 1703.
(d) 1705.

5. How old was Niya Bates, the director of African American history at Monticello, when Smith visit4ed when the Sally Heminmgs DNA results were released?
(a) Around 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) Not quite 9.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How large is the arena for the Angola Prison Rodeo?

3. Where did David Thorson's children go to college?

4. At the Juneteenth celebration Smith attended, what church did Reverend Lewis Simpson Jr. pastor?

5. When did the myth of Black Confederate soldiers emerge?

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