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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. According to Joseph T. Glatthaar, historian, in 1861, how many Confederate soldiers either owned slaves or lived with a head of household who did?

2. When was the song Dixie written?

3. According to a woman named Temple Cummins, how long did her master intend to delay telling the slaves they were free?

4. When was the land for Emancipation Park in Houston purchased?

5. Where is Blandford Cemetery located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What myth tells a story about General Gordon Granger?

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

3. What was the Blandford Church?

4. Who did Smith take with him to the Sons of Confederate Veterans ( SCV) commemoration celebration?

5. According to historian Jill Lepore, what was the death toll for Africans brought to America?

6. What advice did tour guide Damaras Obi, leave Smith and the other tour participants with?

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

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

9. What did Kevin M. Levin write about the Battle of the Crater and how Black soldiers were treated?

10. What did Martha at Blandford Cemetery think Robert E. Lee would have felt about all the statues in his honor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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