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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was the land that became the Whitney Plantation purchased?
2. When did the children honored at the Field of Angels die in Saint John the Baptist Parish?
3. How old was Niya Bates, the director of African American history at Monticello, when Smith visit4ed when the Sally Heminmgs DNA results were released?
4. When did Smith make the visits to the places he describes in How the Word is Passed?
5. What did David Thorson, the guide at Monticello, do before becoming a tour guide?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Jefferson feel about separating families, and did he separate families?
2. What was the Red Hat cell block at Angola?
3. What labor did slaves have to contribute to the building of Jefferson's house?
4. What was David Thorson's background--the guide who gave Smith a tour of Monticello?
5. How did Yvonne Holden, a guide at Whitney Plantation, believed that slavery needed to be depicted?
6. What is the replica of a slave cabin like at Monticello?
7. What role did New Orleans have in the slave trade?
8. What was known about Jefferson's relationship to slavery?
9. What information did Smith notice that their tour guide at Angola failed to mention?
10. What did Patsy Dreher write in a book about living at Angola?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
An analogy is the comparison of an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar or to help readers understand characters, events, or concepts. What are some analogies Smith uses in How the Word Is Passed? How do these analogies help readers comprehend individuals, events or concepts?
Essay Topic 2
After the Civil War, there was a movement to recast the Civil War as a fight for "family, honor, and heritage" (140). Why was there a movement when the war ended to recast the Civil War as a fight for family, honor, and heritage, rather than to keep slavery as an institution?
Essay Topic 3
Slaves had little control over their lives and day-to-day activities. How did the enslaved lack agency in their lives? How was their humanity abused by this loss of agency?
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