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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. After slaves were freed, what Texas mayor rounded up Black "runaways" (191) and returned them to their owners?

2. What is the date of the oldest marked grave at Blandford Cemetery?

3. How many sets of Confederate remains did the Petersburg Ladies' Memorial Association find?

4. When was the United Daughters of the Confederacy founded?

5. What was Jefferson Davis's home state?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Damaras Obi, a tour guide in New York City, say about how slavery was central to the U.S. economy?

2. What did Robert E. Lee write in a letter in 1869 about monuments?

3. What is the history of the Black National Anthem?

4. What was Seneca Village?

5. What was the Lost Cause movement?

6. What did Smith write about the stories told about history at the end of the chapter about Blandford Cemetery?

7. In 1881, what did Jefferson Davis write about the cause of the Civil War?

8. What was the Blandford Church?

9. Why did Al Edwards Sr. work to make Juneteenth a Texas state holiday?

10. What did Lee write to his wife in 1856 about slavery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A letter Lee wrote to his wife in 1856 was often used to show that Lee did not fight for the Confederacy to “protect slavery” (128). Why was the letter not proof that Lee fought for other reasons than to protect slavery?

Essay Topic 2

Angola Prison was once a slave plantation. How and why did Smith feel that conversations were silenced about how the past activities on the land shaped its present?

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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