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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was sent to fetch Thomas Jones in hopes that he would help John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their next escape step?
(a) Captain Samuel Cox's son.
(b) Captain Samuel Cox's wife.
(c) Captain Samuel Cox's sister.
(d) Captain Samuel Cox's uncle.

2. What set of items did Dr. Samuel Mudd make for John Wilkes Booth before he sent him away from the Mudd Farm?
(a) A pair of spurs.
(b) A pair of six-shooters.
(c) A pair of suspenders.
(d) A pair of crutches.

3. What wound did Lewis Powell successfully inflict upon William Seward, though he did not succeed in killing him?
(a) He shot William Seward in the leg.
(b) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's arm.
(c) He shot William Seward's ear.
(d) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's face.

4. What two items did John Wilkes Booth retrieve from Mary Sarratt's boardinghouse on the night of the assassination attempts?
(a) A map and a compass.
(b) A knife and a horse.
(c) Binoculars and a gun.
(d) A gun and a knife.

5. What state did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold hope to escape into by crossing a major river, since that state's population was full of Confederate sympathizers?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Maryland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many casualties did the Civil War result in?

2. What was the ultimate goal of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators' plan to assassinate the Union government's top leaders?

3. Who answered the door when Lewis Powell rang the doorbell at William Seward's house?

4. Who asked Dr. Charles Leale to treat him first, before the doctor tended to Abraham Lincoln?

5. What injury did John Wilkes Booth sustain in his leap from the Presidential box to the theater stage?

(see the answer key)

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