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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 suspenders.
(b) A pair of six-shooters.
(c) A pair of spurs.
(d) A pair of crutches.

3. What piece of medical equipment did Dr. Charles Leale send a hospital steward to retrieve so that he could work on Lincoln's brain in hopes of saving him?
(a) A Nelaton probe.
(b) A scalpel.
(c) A cauterizing gun.
(d) A tracheotomy tube.

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

5. What two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?
(a) A pistol and a knife.
(b) A revolver and a razor.
(c) A revolver and a knife.
(d) A knife and a rifle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the prison where all of the assassination co-conspirators were sent once captured?

2. When the authorities searched John Wilkes Booth's room and found a letter explaining the assassination plot, what name was signed at the bottom of the letter?

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

4. On the night of the Torchlight Parade, who scooped up Abraham Lincoln's speech pages as he finished them and dropped them to the floor?

5. What did David Herold say was a condition of helping Lewis Powell with the plot to assassinate William Seward?

(see the answer key)

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