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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Blandford Church deconsecrated?
(a) 1811.
(b) 1809.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1806.

2. How old was the city of Houston when Jack Yates and his family moved there?
(a) 20 years.
(b) About 40 years.
(c) Less than 30 years.
(d) 25 years.

3. When was the Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Act passed by the Virginia legislature?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2018.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2017.

4. At the time Smith wrote How the Word Is Passed, how long had Sue Johnson been organizing the Juneteenth event?
(a) 33 years.
(b) About 30 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) Not quite 20 years.

5. Where is Blandford Cemetery located?
(a) Petersburg, Virginia.
(b) Sutherland, Virginia.
(c) Hopewell, Virginia.
(d) Chestervield, Virginia.

6. How long after General Granger issued his general order in Galveston did the people from the Freedmen's Bureau arrive to provide assistance to Blacks?
(a) 5 months.
(b) More than 2 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) About 3 months.

7. How many years did it take Nora Davidson's Ladies' Memorial Association to exhume bodies of Confederate soldiers and bury them?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 20 years.

8. When were the people of Seneca Village removed by force?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1857.

9. In Richmond, what size is the Robert E. Lee statue?
(a) 18 feet tall.
(b) 27 feet tall.
(c) 21 feet tall.
(d) 12 feet tall.

10. When did complete abolition come to New York?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1839.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1841.

11. When did members of Petersburg's free Black community purchase the People's Memorial Cemetery?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1845.

12. By 1860, what was the value of the nearly four million enslaved people valued at?
(a) $4.6 billion.
(b) $2.8 million.
(c) $4.9 million.
(d) $3.5 billion.

13. In 2018, how much tax money was directed toward maintaining Confederate monuments?
(a) $35 million.
(b) At least $40 million.
(c) $45 million.
(d) Around $20 million.

14. When did Sam Houston, the first president of the Republic of Texas, refuse to swear an oath to the Confederacy?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1860.

15. How many members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans were suspended in 2002 to 2004 because they spoke out against racism?
(a) 250.
(b) Approximately 300.
(c) Around 500.
(d) 380.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many free and enslaved people are buried at the African Burial Ground National Monument?

2. How many Blacks were enslaved in Texas when General Granger read the statement that said the slaves were free?

3. How old was Al Edwards Sr. when Smith was able to speak to him at a Juneteenth celebration in Galveston?

4. According to a woman named Temple Cummins, how long did her master intend to delay telling the slaves they were free?

5. Of the soldiers buried at Blandford, about how many were identified?

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