On Shirley Plantation

Approximately, how old is the house?​ (a)  

• 300 years
• 200 years
• 450 years
• 100 years

The plantation was named after Sir Thomas West’s ​ (a)   , Shirley.

• wife
• uncle
• sister
• daughter
• aunt

The parlor is what today we call the ​ (a)   room.

• living
• dining
• bedroom
• playroom

There are ​ (a)   bedrooms in the main house.

• 7
• 9
• 5
• 8

Most slaves on a plantation worked in the ​ (a)   .

• fields
• main house
• flower garden
• kitchen

During the Civil War, Shirley Plantation served as a ​ (a)   .

• hospital
• storage
• kitchen
• school

In 1952 Charles Hill Carter, Jr. became the ​ (a)   generation of Carters to own Shirley Plantation.

• 10th
• 15th
• 20th
• 5th

Today, guided ​ (a)   show people the main house and the flying staircase.

• tours
• parties
• workshops
• lectures

For most of that time, the ​​ (a)   family has owned the farm on which the building stands.

• same
• Shirley
• Monticello
• different

Before 1619, ​ (a)   relied mainly on indentured servants from Europe to help grow and harvest their crops.

• planters
• colonists
• Indians
• Virginia