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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XII-XIV & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What noise finally led David Herold to flee the scene in the getaway carriage before Lewis Powell had emerged from the house?
(a) Fanny Seward screaming out of the window into the street.
(b) William Bell running out of the house and screaming.
(c) The sound of barking dogs.
(d) The sound of gunshots.

2. What had John Wilkes Booth hidden along the carpet earlier in the day that he then used to barricade the door to the Presidential box behind him?
(a) A broom.
(b) A music stand.
(c) A conductor's baton.
(d) A nightstick.

3. What was the highest amount of reward money paid to a single person?
(a) $15,000.
(b) $3,500.
(c) $60,000.
(d) $80,000.

4. How many casualties did the Civil War result in?
(a) 400,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 600,000.
(d) One million.

5. What is the name of the river that Thomas Jones was tasked with getting John Wilkes Booth and David Herold safely across?
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) The Copper River.
(c) The Snake River.
(d) The Potomac River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary device is James L. Swanson using when he refers to John Wilkes Booth's passion for lost causes?

2. On what date did Abraham Lincoln's funeral take place?

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

4. What was the name of the fisherman who agreed to ferry John Wilkes Booth and David Herold across the Rappahannock River?

5. The plot to assassinate the top Union leaders included all but which of the following people?

(see the answer key)

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