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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1860, how many of the nearly four million enslaved people were under the age of 20?
(a) 57 percent.
(b) 53 percent.
(c) 62 percent.
(d) 60 percent.

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

3. How many people was Smith told passed through the Door of No Return when he arrived in Senegal in 2009?
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 750,000.
(d) Millions.

4. What artist designed the statues in the church at Whitney Plantation?
(a) Sam Gilliam.
(b) Kehinde Wiley.
(c) Woodrow Nash.
(d) Charles Alston.

5. Who was Smith told was enslaved in his family?
(a) His great-uncle's grandfather.
(b) His great- aunt's grandfather.
(c) His grandmother's grandfather.
(d) His grandfather's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did a Black community once exist in what has become Central Park?

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?

3. How old was the city of Houston when Jack Yates and his family moved there?

4. When did the first enslaved Africans arrive in America?

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

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