The blue and yellow sign outside the Jean Hasbrouck House is called a “historic marker.” It was placed there in 1935, and some of the information on it is wrong! According to the tour, when was the house actually built?
A.
1935
B.
1776
C.
1722
D.
1714
2.
The first thing you see when you step inside the front door of the house is a hallway with several doors. What does this hallway tell us about the Hasbrouck family?
A.
They were wealthy
B.
They were French
C.
They were Protestants
D.
They were poor
3.
Based on the objects in the grotekamer, what language do you think the Hasbrouck family spoke at home in 1755?
A.
French
B.
Dutch
C.
English
D.
German
4.
The Hasbrouck family ate their meals in the “upper kitchen,” but we know that their meals were actually prepared in the basement, cooked by the women the family enslaved. How did their food get upstairs in the 1700s?
A.
The enslaved women sent the food up in a dumbwaiter elevator
B.
The Hasbroucks went down and got their food from the lower kitchen to carry back upstairs themselves
C.
The enslaved women carried the food up a staircase from the lower kitchen to the upper kitchen
D.
The enslaved women carried the food outside from the lower kitchen, then inside to the upper kitchen through the back door
5.
In the year 1790, what percentage of New Paltz's population was made up of enslaved Africans?
6.
The last room in the house was used as a “mercantile,” or general store, in the early 1800s. Name one thing that is similar between this store and a store you shop at today.
