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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many firsthand accounts of formerly enslaved people were collected by the Federal Writers' Project in the late 1930s?
(a) 1,700.
(b) 1,900.
(c) 2,300.
(d) 2,800.

2. When did a Black community once exist in what has become Central Park?
(a) 1820 to 1849.
(b) 1835 to 1861.
(c) 1825 to 1857.
(d) 1830 to 1854.

3. How many members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans were suspended in 2002 to 2004 because they spoke out against racism?
(a) Around 500.
(b) 250.
(c) Approximately 300.
(d) 380.

4. Where did David Thorson's children go to college?
(a) Virginia Commonwealth University.
(b) Williams & Mary.
(c) University of Virginia.
(d) James Madison University.

5. What color was a Ku Klux Klan robe Smith saw at a museum in the Epilogue?
(a) Red.
(b) Brown.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Sally Hemings child who was freed in Jefferson's will?

2. Where is Whitney Plantation located?

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

4. When did Smith meet Momar Niang in Dakar, Senegal?

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

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