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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. How many people were killed in a Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, as they prayed?
2. When did Madison Hemings, Sally Hemings and Jefferson's son give an interview to the Pike County Republican newspaper?
3. In "Monticello Plantation," where was Smith living?
4. When did the children honored at the Field of Angels die in Saint John the Baptist Parish?
5. What was the name of Sally Hemings child who was freed in Jefferson's will?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was David Thorson's background--the guide who gave Smith a tour of Monticello?
2. How did David Thorson compare history, nostalgia, and memory?
3. Who was the first person put to death in Louisiana by lethal injection?
4. Why did Smith say that the Haitian Revolution was an impetus to the Louisiana Purchase?
5. What information did Smith notice that their tour guide at Angola failed to mention?
6. How did John Cummings establish the Whitney Plantation?
7. What was the Red Hat cell block at Angola?
8. Where does most of the information about Sally Hemings and Jefferson's relationship come from?
9. Why did some some people believe that certain exhibits at Whitney Plantation undermined the historical integrity of the place?
10. What was convict leasing and how did non-unanimous jury decisions contribute to the system of convict leasing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Why did the Emancipation Proclamation not help the formerly enslaved to make the transformation to freedom?
Essay Topic 2
What a reader knows about events and individuals is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of How the Word Is Passed? How does that point of view influence what readers understand and feel about the information presented?
Essay Topic 3
Smith discussed the lives of enslaved people. What did the lives they lived reveal about inhumane treatment?
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