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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III-V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the Petersen boarding house was deemed the temporary War Department headquarters, to whom was the first telegram out of the office addressed?
(a) Secretary of State William Seward.
(b) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) General Robert E. Lee.
(d) First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.

2. Where were Mary Surratt's tavern and boardinghouse located at which John Wilkes Booth had hidden weapons and supplies to be retrieved after his murder of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Maryland.
(c) On the Potomac River.
(d) Delaware.

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

4. How far away from Washington D.C. were Mary Surratt's tavern and boardinghouse?
(a) 13 miles away.
(b) 10 miles away.
(c) 30 miles away.
(d) 23 miles away.

5. For how many years did the Civil War last?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many stories did William Seward's house have, making Lewis Powell's task of finding him difficult?

3. What does the word secede mean?

4. Who held John Wilkes Booth's horse in the alley behind the theater, unknowingly help him to keep his escape route accessible?

5. What did the actress Laura Keene use as a passport into the President's box at Ford's Theater where Abraham Lincoln lay dying?

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