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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of Sally Hemings child who was freed in Jefferson's will?
(a) Harriet.
(b) Madison.
(c) Eston.
(d) Beverly.

3. How many plantations did Jefferson have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. What percent of those at Angola did Norris believe were convicted by split juries?
(a) 25 percent.
(b) 50 percent.
(c) 35 percent.
(d) 45 percent.

5. When was the transatlantic slave trade outlawed?
(a) 1801.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1804.
(d) 1808.

6. Where was Smith born and raised?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Mobile.
(d) Baton Rouge.

7. To what Native Americans did the land Monticello sits on belong?
(a) Munsee Lanape.
(b) Choctaw.
(c) Nottoway.
(d) Monacan.

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

9. What highway did Smith take to Angola Prison?
(a) I-59.
(b) I-10.
(c) I-12.
(d) I-49.

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

11. How long did Historian Lucia Stanton work as a historian at Monticello?
(a) Over 3 decades.
(b) Two decades.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 15 years.

12. How old was Jefferson's wife, Martha, when she died?
(a) 33.
(b) 41.
(c) 29.
(d) 54.

13. When did the State of Louisiana transition from the electric chair to lethal injection?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1990.

14. How many American plantations besides Monticello are on the UNESCO World Heritage List?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) None.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Black administrators had Angola had by the time Smith visited Angola Prison?

2. How old was Leon A. Waters in the Prologue?

3. How long was Norris Henderson imprisoned in Angola?

4. When did Madison Hemings, Sally Hemings and Jefferson's son give an interview to the Pike County Republican newspaper?

5. On the German Coast of Louisiana in the early 19th century, what percent of the total population was enslaved?

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