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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 bridge was the only way out of Washington D.C. and into Maryland?
(a) Philadelphia Bridge.
(b) Washington Bridge.
(c) Navy Yard Bridge.
(d) Yankeetown Bridge.

2. Who answered the door when Lewis Powell rang the doorbell at William Seward's house?
(a) The Sewards' servant.
(b) Frederick Seward.
(c) William Seward's doctor.
(d) Fanny Seward.

3. Who asked Dr. Charles Leale to treat him first, before the doctor tended to Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Major Rathbone.
(b) Sergeant Robinson.
(c) Colonel Murray.
(d) Captain Stargazer.

4. When John Wilkes Booth told the Garrett family where he was planning to go next, what town did he mention?
(a) Orange Court House.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Bowling Green.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After John Wilkes Booth crossed the bridge, he turned to look for his co-conspirators. Whom did he see?

2. What was Dr. Samuel Mudd's diagnosis once he examined John Wilkes Booth's injured leg?

3. What sound did John Wilkes Booth hear during Thomas Jones' visit to the forest hideout that terrified him?

4. What did John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt do when their Confederate soldier friends said the Union cavalry was approaching the Garretts' farm?

5. Who was the first person the soldiers questioned when they reached the Mudd Farm?

(see the answer key)

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