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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. Where did David Thorson's children go to college?

2. How long did Historian Lucia Stanton work as a historian at Monticello?

3. How many languages does Dr. Ibrahima Seck speak?

4. At Monticello, how far up a path did Smith have to walk to Jefferson's grave?

5. When was Monticello first opened to the public?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Patsy Dreher write in a book about living at Angola?

2. What was convict leasing and how did non-unanimous jury decisions contribute to the system of convict leasing?

3. How did Yvonne Holden, a guide at Whitney Plantation, believed that slavery needed to be depicted?

4. Who was the first person put to death in Louisiana by lethal injection?

5. What exhibit commemorated the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history at The Whitney Plantation?

6. Where does most of the information about Sally Hemings and Jefferson's relationship come from?

7. What is the replica of a slave cabin like at Monticello?

8. How did medical schools use the bodies of the enslaved?

9. How is Monticello situated on the land?

10. How did David Thorson describe slavery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Convict leasing was a system where prisoners, usually Blacks, convicted of crimes could be leased to companies and forced to work for railroads, plantations, and businesses. In what way was convict leasing a form of slavery?

Essay Topic 2

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe people in a narrative and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe individuals, places, and things. How does Smith use imagery to help readers imagine the places he visits in How The Word Is Passed?

Essay Topic 3

Smith discussed the lives of enslaved people. What did the lives they lived reveal about inhumane treatment?

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