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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the night of April 11th at the Torchlight Parade, what did Lincoln say in his speech regarding African-Americans?
(a) That they should each be granted 40 acres and a mule.
(b) That they should be free to marry whomever they chose, regardless of race.
(c) That they had waited too long to be freed from slavery.
(d) That they should be granted the right to vote.

2. What query did Laura Keene make of Dr. Charles Leale after she gained entry to the President's box where Lincoln lay dying?
(a) She asked if she could gather some of Abraham Lincoln's blood.
(b) She asked if she could have Abraham Lincoln's boots.
(c) She asked if she could cradle Abraham Lincoln's head in her lap.
(d) She asked if she could cut a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair.

3. How did John Wilkes Booth describe his own hands with his last words?
(a) Useless.
(b) Ineffectual.
(c) Troublesome.
(d) Inane.

4. How did John Wilkes Booth gain shelter for the night at the home of Lucas, the African-American neighbor of Dr. Richard Stuart?
(a) He threatened to kill Mr. Lucas's son Charlie.
(b) He told Mr. Lucas that his killing of Abraham Lincoln had been an accident.
(c) He threatened Mr. Lucas with violence.
(d) He paid Mr. Lucas one hundred dollars.

5. 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) Delaware.
(b) Maryland.
(c) On the Potomac River.
(d) Washington, D.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the letter about John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln that he had given to his actor friend in order to have it published in a newspaper?

2. 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?

3. Though several couples declined the Lincolns' invitation to attend the play, one couple did accept. Who accompanied the Lincolns to the play on the night of Lincoln's assassination?

4. What two items did John Wilkes Booth retrieve from Mary Sarratt's boardinghouse on the night of the assassination attempts?

5. When Dr. Samuel Mudd learned that John Wilkes Booth had assassinated Abraham Lincoln, he did not betray Booth to the soldiers he faced. He did, however, take what action when he returned to his farm where Booth was hiding from the law?

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