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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-XI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapon did John Wilkes Booth ultimately use to kill Abraham Lincoln?
(a) A musket.
(b) A .44 Deringer.
(c) A Colt .45.
(d) A Smith and Wesson .45.

2. 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 children to hide in Europe until any suspicion of the family had passed.
(d) He sent his cousin to alert the authorities about the visit and to clear his name in the process.

3. Who sent a letter to the proprietors of the Ford Theater announcing the Lincolns' intention to attend the play at the theater that night?
(a) William Seward.
(b) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) John Wilkes Booth.
(d) General Ulysses S. Grant.

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

5. What monument in Washington, D.C. had recently been completed at the time of Lincoln's inauguration in 1865?
(a) The Lincoln monument.
(b) The Washington monument.
(c) The Smithsonian Museum.
(d) The Capitol dome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What joke did George Atzerodt make that caused a guest at the midday meal to report him to the authorities?

2. What distinctive marking did John Wilkes Booth's horse have on her body?

3. What time of day did Thomas Jones think would be the best time for John Wilkes Booth and David Herold to cross the river and escape into the next state?

4. Where was Abraham Lincoln taken after he was moved from Ford's Theater?

5. How did Captain Samuel Cox feel when he suspected his summons might be connected to the assassination plots?

(see the answer key)

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