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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 had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
(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 admired John Wilkes Booth.

2. When Dr. Samuel Mudd learned that John Wilkes Booth had assassinated Abraham Lincoln, he did not betray Booth to the soldiers he faced. He did, however, take what action when he returned to his farm where Booth was hiding from the law?
(a) He angrily told Booth to leave his farm immediately.
(b) He threatened Booth with a knife.
(c) He sent out smoke signals to the cavalry about Booth's whereabouts.
(d) He shot Booth in the leg.

3. Who came to Mary Surratt's door at the precise moment her boarding house was being searched by soldiers?
(a) George Atzerodt.
(b) William Seward.
(c) David Herold.
(d) Lewis Powell.

4. What did George Atzerodt do just before he decided to abandon his plan to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson?
(a) He drank in the hotel lobby.
(b) He left a note on Andrew Johnson's door.
(c) He knocked on Andrew Johnson's door.
(d) He threw his revolver out of the hotel window.

5. How did John Wilkes Booth describe his own hands with his last words?
(a) Inane.
(b) Ineffectual.
(c) Useless.
(d) Troublesome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were citizens permitted to view Abraham Lincoln's open casket?

2. When the authorities searched John Wilkes Booth's room and found a letter explaining the assassination plot, what name was signed at the bottom of the letter?

3. Where did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold go once they secured a wagon, a team of horses, and a driver?

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

5. When John Wilkes Booth became terrified at the sounds he heard during Thomas Jones' visit to the forest hideout, what is NOT one reason for his decision to hunker down and hope for the best?

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