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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Thomas Jones brought newspapers to the assassins' hideout in the forest, what about the newspapers' reports on Lewis Powell's attack on William Seward surprised John Wilkes Booth?
(a) Lewis Powell had attacked not only William Seward, but his sons, his daughter, and his nurse.
(b) They were outdated by more than a week, so they did not mention the assassination attempt at all.
(c) The newspapers had printed the article about the assassination plot that Lewis Powell had sent to them.
(d) Lewis Powell had not gotten away and had been immediately imprisoned.

2. What did George Atzerodt purchase during his trip into Bowling Green?
(a) A belt.
(b) A pair of suspenders.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A new pair of shoes.

3. What set of items did Dr. Samuel Mudd make for John Wilkes Booth before he sent him away from the Mudd Farm?
(a) A pair of six-shooters.
(b) A pair of suspenders.
(c) A pair of spurs.
(d) A pair of crutches.

4. In addition to food, what other items did Thomas Jones bring to John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their forest hiding place, much to John Wilkes Booth's delight?
(a) Beer.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Lemonade.

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?
(a) A cauterizing gun.
(b) A tracheotomy tube.
(c) A Nelaton probe.
(d) A scalpel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sent a telegram to Major General Dix, sending the news that Abraham Lincoln had died?

2. How was Abraham Lincoln's body transported to Springfield after his funeral?

3. What happened to the Ford Theater as a result of its purported association with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

4. Who was sent to fetch Thomas Jones in hopes that he would help John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their next escape step?

5. What two items did John Wilkes Booth retrieve from Mary Sarratt's boardinghouse on the night of the assassination attempts?

(see the answer key)

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