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Quiz episode 7

Test your investigative skills and knowledge of history below. Just answer true or false and then click through for the answers. The questions are based on the three cases of episode seven.

Good luck!

1. African Americans were often stars of Vaudeville shows.
 True
 False
2. Minstrel shows only featured white men in black face.
 True
 False
3. Dendrochronologists specialize in dating boats and other sea-faring objects.
 True
 False
4. During the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, accused witches were tried under a law that didn't actually exist in the Massachusetts Bay legal statutes.
 True
 False
5. Many Chinese immigrants came to this country to participate in the Gold Rush.
 True
 False
6. Poetry is considered a traditional outlet for grief in Chinese culture.
 True
 False