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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though Dr. Samuel Mudd did not know about John Wilkes Booth's recent plan to assassinate the President, of what previous abandoned plot was Mudd aware?
(a) The plot to kidnap William Seward.
(b) The plot to kidnap the president.
(c) The plot to overthrow the Union government and install Confederate leaders instead.
(d) The plot to assassinate Mary Todd Lincoln.

2. Who ordered that Mary Todd Lincoln be removed from Abraham Lincoln's bedside and proclaimed that she would not be allowed in again?
(a) Tad Lincoln.
(b) Frederick Seward.
(c) Edwin Stanton.
(d) Fanny Seward.

3. When John Wilkes Booth became terrified at the sounds he heard during Thomas Jones' visit to the forest hideout, what is NOT one reason for his decision to hunker down and hope for the best?
(a) John Wilkes Booth could not walk due to his broken leg.
(b) Thomas Jones was unarmed.
(c) David Herold had never been in a battle before.
(d) Any direction in which they ran would be out in an open clearing.

4. When Lewis Powell got outside and found that Herold had fled with the getaway carriage, what did he do?
(a) He took off running down the street.
(b) He rode off down the street on his bicycle.
(c) He jumped on his horse and rode away.
(d) He pushed a passerby out of a carriage and stole it.

5. What was Dr. Samuel Mudd's diagnosis once he examined John Wilkes Booth's injured leg?
(a) Broken ankle.
(b) Broken fibula.
(c) Dislocated ankle.
(d) Broken knee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?

2. When the Union cavalry divided their forces in order to surround John Wilkes Booth, who headed the two columns?

3. When the authorities searched John Wilkes Booth's room and found a letter explaining the assassination plot, what name was signed at the bottom of the letter?

4. What set of items did Dr. Samuel Mudd make for John Wilkes Booth before he sent him away from the Mudd Farm?

5. Who shot John Wilkes Booth?

(see the answer key)

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