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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 was the name of John Wilkes Booth's sister, whose home detectives raided in an effort to find anything associated with John Wilkes Booth?
(a) Asia Booth Clarke.
(b) Botswana Booth Clarke.
(c) India Booth Clarke.
(d) China Booth Clarke.

2. To whose house did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold flee once Dr. Samuel Mudd had insisted they leave his farm?
(a) Captain Samuel Cox.
(b) George Atzerodt.
(c) Lewis Powell.
(d) Mary Surratt.

3. Which two co-conspirators did George Atzerodt implicate once he was caught by the authorities and confessed to his crimes?
(a) Mary Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(b) John Wilkes Booth and Lewis Powell.
(c) John Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(d) Lewis Powell and David Herold.

4. When John Garrett came back from a neighboring farm with news about the new reward amount offered for Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was the new sum?
(a) $160,000.
(b) $140,000.
(c) $120,000.
(d) $200,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became President of the United States upon Abraham Lincoln's death?

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

3. Who was the only audience member at Ford's Theater the night of the assassination to chase after John Wilkes Booth after the shooting?

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

5. Who confronted Lewis Powell at the top of the stairs on the second floor of William Seward's house?

(see the answer key)

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