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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many stories did William Seward's house have, making Lewis Powell's task of finding him difficult?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. Before he fled to Europe to escape capture, where did John Surratt go to hide when he learned of Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Russia.
(c) Venezuela.
(d) Canada.

3. When John Wilkes Booth told the Garrett family where he was planning to go next, what town did he mention?
(a) Orange Court House.
(b) Bowling Green.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Philadelphia.

4. When John Garrett tried to throw John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt out of the house, what was his reason?
(a) He thought his father would be angry with him for letting the men stay for so many nights.
(b) He began to suspect that they were associated with Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
(c) He was tired of their demanding attitudes.
(d) He thought they were preparing to steal the Garretts' horses.

5. Whose house did George Atzerodt visit for a midday meal late on Easter morning?
(a) John Surratt.
(b) Captain Samuel Cox.
(c) Hezekiah Metz.
(d) Dr. Samuel Mudd.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color ribbons did people wear as they expressed their grief over Abraham Lincoln's assassination?

3. How did John Wilkes Booth describe his own hands with his last words?

4. What wound did Lewis Powell successfully inflict upon William Seward, though he did not succeed in killing him?

5. What fraction of the casualties during the Civil War died due to disease?

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