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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Abraham Lincoln's body transported to Springfield after his funeral?
(a) By horse-drawn carriage.
(b) By hot air balloon.
(c) By boat.
(d) By train.

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?
(a) The Arlington Gazette.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The National Intelligencer.
(d) The New York Times.

3. To whose house did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold flee once Dr. Samuel Mudd had insisted they leave his farm?
(a) Captain Samuel Cox.
(b) George Atzerodt.
(c) Mary Surratt.
(d) Lewis Powell.

4. Where was Abraham Lincoln taken after he was moved from Ford's Theater?
(a) Across the street to the Sewards' home.
(b) Across the street to a restaurant's kitchen.
(c) Across the street to Petersen's boardinghouse.
(d) Across the street to Laura Keene's house.

5. Who became President of the United States upon Abraham Lincoln's death?
(a) George Atzerodt.
(b) William Seward.
(c) Salmon Chase.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distinctive marking did John Wilkes Booth's horse have on her body?

2. When Lewis Powell got outside and found that Herold had fled with the getaway carriage, what did he do?

3. How did John Wilkes Booth describe his own hands with his last words?

4. When John Wilkes Booth told the Garrett family where he was planning to go next, what town did he mention?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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