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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Goree Island - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the full period of slavery, how many houses like the House of Slaves did Eloi believe there were?
(a) 25.
(b) More than 20.
(c) 15.
(d) About 30.

2. When does myth say that Union general Gordon Granger stood on the balcony of Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, and read the order that announced the end of slavery?
(a) June 18, 1865.
(b) June 17, 1865.
(c) June 20, 1865.
(d) June 19, 1865.

3. In the Epilogue, at what museum did Smith push his grandfather in a wheelchair?
(a) National Museum of African American History and Culture.
(b) New Orleans African American Museum.
(c) Smithsonian.
(d) Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

4. Where is Whitney Plantation located?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

5. When was Mr. Richard Poplar, a Black gentleman, said to have joined the Susex Dragoons?
(a) February 1861.
(b) April 1861.
(c) May 1861.
(d) March 1861.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Smith's grandfather when they got together to talk about the past?

2. Compared to the entrance hall to Jefferson's mansion, what size was the replica slave quarters at Monticello?

3. When did Jefferson sign an act prohibiting the importation of slaves to the U.S.?

4. For the first how many years that Monticello was a museum, how were most of the guides Black men dresses as slaves?

5. When did Sam Houston, the first president of the Republic of Texas, refuse to swear an oath to the Confederacy?

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