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

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

3. What lie did Dr. Samuel Mudd tell the soldiers in an attempt to lead them on a wild goose chase and throw them off the trail of John Wilkes Booth?
(a) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the east.
(b) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the south.
(c) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the west.
(d) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the north.

4. What signal did Captain Samuel Cox tell David Herold and John Wilkes Booth that someone they could trust would use as they approached the forest hiding place?
(a) A three-note whistle.
(b) The hoot of an owl.
(c) A five-note whistle.
(d) A two-note-whistle.

5. 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 had been friends with David Herold.
(b) He joked that he admired John Wilkes Booth.
(c) He joked that he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
(d) He joked that he had a plan to assassinate newly-appointed President Andrew Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many nights in total did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold spend in the pine forest before they made the attempt to get to Virginia?

2. How many days did it take John Wilkes Booth to travel from Washington to Port Conway?

3. What color ribbons did people wear as they expressed their grief over Abraham Lincoln's assassination?

4. Where did Lewis Powell sleep on the two nights subsequent to the events at William Seward's house?

5. What was the name of the prison where all of the assassination co-conspirators were sent once captured?

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