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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 did James Hubbard, an enslaved man who worked in Monticello's nail factory run away?
2. How many sculpted heads on stakes were on exhibit at the Whitney Plantation?
3. How many slaves did Jefferson sell over the course of his life?
4. How long did it take to build Jefferson's house at Monticello?
5. When did Angola Prison's infamous maximum-security housing unit, Red Hat cell block, close?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was Niya Bates, then Monticello's director of African American history and of the Getting Word oral history project, trying to find descendants of the enslaved community at Monticello?
2. How did Jefferson feel about separating families, and did he separate families?
3. What did Patsy Dreher write in a book about living at Angola?
4. What is the replica of a slave cabin like at Monticello?
5. How did Yvonne Holden, a guide at Whitney Plantation, believed that slavery needed to be depicted?
6. Who was Sally Hemings?
7. What was convict leasing and how did non-unanimous jury decisions contribute to the system of convict leasing?
8. How did David Thorson describe slavery?
9. What exhibit commemorated the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history at The Whitney Plantation?
10. How is Monticello situated on the land?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Smith discussed the lives of enslaved people. What did the lives they lived reveal about inhumane treatment?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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