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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Thomas Jones had been released from jail in April of 1865, for what purpose did he visit Richmond, Virginia?
(a) To reunite with his wife and children.
(b) To learn the trade of blacksmithing.
(c) To collect the money owed to him by the Confederacy.
(d) To join in the assassination plot.

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 sent out smoke signals to the cavalry about Booth's whereabouts.
(b) He angrily told Booth to leave his farm immediately.
(c) He threatened Booth with a knife.
(d) He shot Booth in the leg.

3. When Major Rathbone tried to stop John Wilkes Booth after Booth had shot Lincoln, what wound did Booth inflict on Rathbone?
(a) He stabbed him in the leg.
(b) He threw him off the balcony, breaking his nose.
(c) He punched him in the nose.
(d) He stabbed him in the arm.

4. What rule was in place about the bridge that John Wilkes Booth intended to cross on his escape into Maryland?
(a) Any crossing the bridge had to dismount his horse and walk his horse over the bridge.
(b) No one was allowed to take a horse over the bridge.
(c) No one was allowed to cross the bridge after dark.
(d) Anyone crossing the bridge had to pay a toll.

5. What was the reason that Captain Samuel Cox told John Wilkes Booth and David Herold not to make a fire in the forest?
(a) Because he said they would build a fireplace on his next visit.
(b) Because it had been a dry spring and they were likely to start a forest fire.
(c) Because the heat of a fire would exacerbate their dehydration.
(d) Because the fire might be seen and it would give away their hiding place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound did John Wilkes Booth hear during Thomas Jones' visit to the forest hideout that terrified him?

2. What was the cause of William Seward's injuries that caused him to be healing in bed when the assassination attempt on his life was made?

3. Who accompanied Reverend Gurley when it was time to tell Mary Todd Lincoln that her husband Abraham Lincoln had died?

4. What is the name of the river that Thomas Jones was tasked with getting John Wilkes Booth and David Herold safely across?

5. On what date did Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate States of America, fall to Union forces?

(see the answer key)

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