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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Smith visited Angola Prison, what percent of people serving life sentences were Black?
(a) 71%.
(b) 83%.
(c) 62%.
(d) 69%.

2. How deep did slaves have to dig for water before water was found at Monticello?
(a) 70 feet.
(b) 65 feet.
(c) 30 feet.
(d) 20 feet.

3. In "Monticello Plantation," where was Smith living?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Boston.

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

5. From where were the jail cells that sit at the center of Whitney Plantation grounds from originally?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Illinois.

6. How many sculpted heads on stakes were on exhibit at the Whitney Plantation?
(a) 40.
(b) 60.
(c) 45.
(d) 55.

7. When was the first person put to death by lethal injection in Lousiaian?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1993.

8. How large is the arena for the Angola Prison Rodeo?
(a) 7,000 seats.
(b) 9,000 seats.
(c) 4,000 seats.
(d) 6,000 seats

9. For how many generations were some of the slaves at Monticello enslaved there?
(a) 3 generations.
(b) 4 generations.
(c) 2 generations.
(d) 5 generations.

10. How many of Sally Hemings children survived into adulthood?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

11. When did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that non-unanimous verdicts were unconstitutional for cases involving serious crimes?
(a) 2019.
(b) 2020.
(c) 2021.
(d) 2018.

12. For the first how many years that Monticello was a museum, how were most of the guides Black men dresses as slaves?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 35 years.

13. 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) 7.
(b) 11.
(c) Not quite 9.
(d) Around 8.

14. How much money did John Cummings invest in Whitney Planation to make it into a museum?
(a) $7 million.
(b) $12 million.
(c) $10 million.
(d) $15 million.

15. Before the civil war, how many slave cabins were on the Whitney Plantation?
(a) 28.
(b) 39.
(c) 22.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many American plantations besides Monticello are on the UNESCO World Heritage List?

2. When Smith visited Monticello, how many of the 89 tour guides were Black?

3. How old was Yvonne Holden's grandfather when he and his brother tried to leave Arkansas for Illinois?

4. When Smith interviewed Niya Bates, how long did she say they had been giving esentially the same main tour?

5. What was the average sentence at Angola?

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