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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. On the afternoon on the day of Lincoln's assassination, what plans did Abraham Lincoln reveal to Mary Todd Lincoln about their future after his second term as president was complete?
(a) Moving to Baltimore where he could return to his woodworking practice.
(b) Moving to Chicago where he could return to his law practice.
(c) Moving to San Francisco where he could seek his fortune as a gold miner.
(d) Moving to New York City where he could return to his medical practice.

2. What injury did John Wilkes Booth sustain in his leap from the Presidential box to the theater stage?
(a) A broken wrist.
(b) A broken ankle.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) A broken nose.

3. Who asked Dr. Charles Leale to treat him first, before the doctor tended to Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Sergeant Robinson.
(b) Captain Stargazer.
(c) Colonel Murray.
(d) Major Rathbone.

4. What action did Dr. Samuel Mudd take when he realized that eventually soldiers or detectives would discover that John Wilkes Booth and David Herold had been at his farm after the assassination?
(a) He fled to Canada.
(b) He buried the guns and knives left behind by the assassins.
(c) He sent his cousin to alert the authorities about the visit and to clear his name in the process.
(d) He sent his children to hide in Europe until any suspicion of the family had passed.

5. When John Garrett came back from a neighboring farm with news about the new reward amount offered for Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was the new sum?
(a) $200,000.
(b) $120,000.
(c) $160,000.
(d) $140,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What set of items did Dr. Samuel Mudd make for John Wilkes Booth before he sent him away from the Mudd Farm?

2. James L. Swanson has collected books, artifacts, and documents regarding the life and death of Abraham Lincoln since what age?

3. What ultimately happened to John Surratt once his trial was over?

4. How long after John Wilkes Booth's death were the death warrants delivered for those who had been found guilty?

5. What noise finally led David Herold to flee the scene in the getaway carriage before Lewis Powell had emerged from the house?

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