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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Monticello Plantation," where was Smith living?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Boston.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Atlanta.

2. How old was Jefferson's wife, Martha, when she died?
(a) 33.
(b) 29.
(c) 54.
(d) 41.

3. When did Louisiana begin using the electric chair?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1944.

4. At Monticello, how far up a path did Smith have to walk to Jefferson's grave?
(a) About half a mile.
(b) About a third of a mile.
(c) About two-thirds of a mile.
(d) About a quarter mile.

5. From where were the jail cells that sit at the center of Whitney Plantation grounds from originally?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

6. How many Black administrators had Angola had by the time Smith visited Angola Prison?
(a) 1.
(b) 11.
(c) 6.
(d) 18.

7. How old was Niya Bates, the director of African American history at Monticello, when Smith visit4ed when the Sally Heminmgs DNA results were released?
(a) Around 8.
(b) Not quite 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 11.

8. How many of Jefferson's descendants are buried in the Jefferson Cemetery?
(a) 240.
(b) About 250.
(c) 280.
(d) Roughly 200.

9. Where is Whitney Plantation located?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) South Carolina.

10. When was the oral history project begun to interview descendants of the enslaved community at Monticello?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1993.

11. When was Norris Henderson released from Angola?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1999.

12. How many sculpted heads on stakes were on exhibit at the Whitney Plantation?
(a) 45.
(b) 60.
(c) 40.
(d) 55.

13. When did the State of Louisiana transition from the electric chair to lethal injection?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1993.

14. When did Jefferson sign an act prohibiting the importation of slaves to the U.S.?
(a) 1808.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1807.
(d) 1806.

15. When did John Cummings learn about Whitney Plantation and consider buying it?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1991.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first person put to death by lethal injection in Lousiaian?

2. Compared to the entrance hall to Jefferson's mansion, what size was the replica slave quarters at Monticello?

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

4. How old was Leon A. Waters in the Prologue?

5. When was the land that became the Whitney Plantation purchased?

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