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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-XI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What piece of medical equipment did Dr. Charles Leale send a hospital steward to retrieve so that he could work on Lincoln's brain in hopes of saving him?
(a) A cauterizing gun.
(b) A scalpel.
(c) A tracheotomy tube.
(d) A Nelaton probe.

2. What distinctive marking did John Wilkes Booth's horse have on her body?
(a) A black star on her forehead.
(b) A white diamond on her flank.
(c) A white circle on her nose.
(d) A white star on her forehead.

3. Who locked John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt inside the tobacco barn once they had settled in for the night?
(a) Richard H. Garrett.
(b) Richard Garrett, Jr.
(c) Alma Garrett.
(d) William Garrett.

4. When Lewis Powell rang the bell at William Seward's house, what lie did he tell in order to gain entry?
(a) That he had a telegram addressed to William Seward.
(b) That he was a messenger delivering medicine to William Seward.
(c) That he was delivering the Sewards' grocery order.
(d) That he wanted an autograph from William Seward.

5. How many slaves had Dr. Samuel Mudd owned before The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted by Abraham Lincoln?
(a) 11.
(b) 21.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject of John Wilkes Booth's hand tattoo?

2. Which newspaper had John Wilkes Booth named to his friend as the one he wanted to publish his letter about his assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

3. What was Dr. RIchard Stuart's reaction to John Wilkes Booth's request for shelter for George Atzerodt and himself?

4. Which two co-conspirators did George Atzerodt implicate once he was caught by the authorities and confessed to his crimes?

5. How many miles away was the shore of Virginia from the place that John Wilkes Booth and David Herold put the boat into the water?

(see the answer key)

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