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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 joke did George Atzerodt make that caused a guest at the midday meal to report him to the authorities?
(a) He joked that he admired John Wilkes Booth.
(b) He joked that he had been friends with David Herold.
(c) He joked that he had a plan to assassinate newly-appointed President Andrew Johnson.
(d) He joked that he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.

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

3. What did John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt do when their Confederate soldier friends said the Union cavalry was approaching the Garretts' farm?
(a) They hid in the attic of the farmhouse.
(b) They ran into the woods behind the farm and hid.
(c) They took John Garrett hostage.
(d) They stood on the porch with their guns raised.

4. How many days did it take John Wilkes Booth to travel from Washington to Port Conway?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 14 days.

5. Where in John Wilkes Booth's room at the National Hotel did investigators find a letter outlining the plot against the government?
(a) In the flue of the fireplace.
(b) In his trunk.
(c) Under his mattress.
(d) In his dresser drawer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they had finally cornered Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was NOT one course of action taken by the Sixteenth New York Cavalry?

2. What did George Atzerodt purchase during his trip into Bowling Green?

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

4. Who accompanied Reverend Gurley when it was time to tell Mary Todd Lincoln that her husband Abraham Lincoln had died?

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

(see the answer key)

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