How the Word Is Passed Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Clint Smith
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How the Word Is Passed Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many lives of enslaved children are honored at the Field of Angels?
(a) 2,200.
(b) 2,700.
(c) 1,800.
(d) 1,100.

2. How many Black administrators had Angola had by the time Smith visited Angola Prison?
(a) 11.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 18.

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

4. When Smith visited Monticello, how many of the 89 tour guides were Black?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

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

6. When did a DNA test indicate that the father of Sally Heming's youngest child was fathered by Jefferson?
(a) 1995.
(b) 2008.
(c) 1998.
(d) 2001.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. On the German Coast of Louisiana in the early 19th century, what percent of the total population was enslaved?
(a) 45%.
(b) Roughly 60%.
(c) 55%.
(d) About 70%.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the book The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South published?

2. How large is the arena for the Angola Prison Rodeo?

3. From where were the jail cells that sit at the center of Whitney Plantation grounds from originally?

4. Where was Smith born and raised?

5. What highway did Smith take to Angola Prison?

(see the answer keys)

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