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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Goree Island - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Goree Island," how long had it been since Smith first visited Goree?
(a) 11 years.
(b) A half a dozen years.
(c) More than a decade.
(d) 17 years.

2. When did the children honored at the Field of Angels die in Saint John the Baptist Parish?
(a) 1830 to 1855.
(b) 1823 through 1863.
(c) 1810 to 1850.
(d) 1800 to 1844.

3. When did Laura Martin Rose, historian and president of the UDC's Mississippi chapter, publish The Ku Klux Klan; or, Invisible Empire?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1908.

4. How many family members did a man named Jeff who attended the Sons of Confederate Veterans celebration have at Blandford Cemetery?
(a) 85.
(b) 78.
(c) 61.
(d) 53.

5. Where was John J. Crittenden from who introduced what became known as the Crittenden Compromise?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the Epilogue, at what museum did Smith push his grandfather in a wheelchair?

3. How old was Yvonne Holden's grandfather when he and his brother tried to leave Arkansas for Illinois?

4. How many slaves did Jefferson sell over the course of his life?

5. When did Gandhi use a derogatory word for Black South Africans?

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