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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was Norris Henderson imprisoned in Angola?
(a) 27 years.
(b) 21 years.
(c) 33 years.
(d) 24 years.

2. How many of Jefferson's descendants are buried in the Jefferson Cemetery?
(a) About 250.
(b) 280.
(c) 240.
(d) Roughly 200.

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

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

5. When did Smith make the visits to the places he describes in How the Word is Passed?
(a) Between May 2017 and January 2020.
(b) Between October 2017 and February 2020.
(c) Between July 2017 and March 2020.
(d) Between November 2017 and April 2020.

6. When was Norris Henderson released from Angola?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2005.

7. When was the book The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South published?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1954.

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

9. How many slaves did Jefferson sell over the course of his life?
(a) More than 100.
(b) About 50.
(c) 125.
(d) 75.

10. When did John Cummings learn about Whitney Plantation and consider buying it?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1997.

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

12. When was Monticello first opened to the public?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1908.

13. How much was Norris Henderson paid for working in the field when he was at Angola?
(a) 7 cents an hour.
(b) 8 cents an hour.
(c) 6 cents an hour.
(d) 5 cents an hour.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Monticello Plantation," where was Smith living?

2. When did Louisiana begin using the electric chair?

3. When did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that non-unanimous verdicts were unconstitutional for cases involving serious crimes?

4. When was the first person put to death by lethal injection in Lousiaian?

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

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