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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 Dr. RIchard Stuart's reaction to John Wilkes Booth's request for shelter for George Atzerodt and himself?
(a) He refused to house them, but did agree to feed them.
(b) He refused to feed them, but did agree to house them.
(c) He ordered them to leave his house immediately.
(d) He agreed to house them and rented them a team of horses for the next leg of their flight.

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 shot Booth in the leg.
(d) He sent out smoke signals to the cavalry about Booth's whereabouts.

3. When the Union cavalry divided their forces in order to surround John Wilkes Booth, who headed the two columns?
(a) Lafayette Baker and Luther Byron Baker.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant and Edwin Stanton.
(c) Charlie Lucas and Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(d) Everton Conger and Edward Doherty.

4. What query did Laura Keene make of Dr. Charles Leale after she gained entry to the President's box where Lincoln lay dying?
(a) She asked if she could cradle Abraham Lincoln's head in her lap.
(b) She asked if she could gather some of Abraham Lincoln's blood.
(c) She asked if she could have Abraham Lincoln's boots.
(d) She asked if she could cut a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair.

5. Who ordered that Mary Todd Lincoln be removed from Abraham Lincoln's bedside and proclaimed that she would not be allowed in again?
(a) Edwin Stanton.
(b) Fanny Seward.
(c) Tad Lincoln.
(d) Frederick Seward.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came to Mary Surratt's door at the precise moment her boarding house was being searched by soldiers?

2. When Lewis Powell rang the bell at William Seward's house, what lie did he tell in order to gain entry?

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

4. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?

5. To whose house did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold flee once Dr. Samuel Mudd had insisted they leave his farm?

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