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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 color ribbons did people wear as they expressed their grief over Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

2. How old was William Seward's daughter Fanny on the night of the assassination attempt?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 20.

3. When Lewis Powell got outside and found that Herold had fled with the getaway carriage, what did he do?
(a) He rode off down the street on his bicycle.
(b) He pushed a passerby out of a carriage and stole it.
(c) He jumped on his horse and rode away.
(d) He took off running down the street.

4. Who held John Wilkes Booth's horse in the alley behind the theater, unknowingly help him to keep his escape route accessible?
(a) John Peanut.
(b) Major Rathbone.
(c) Edman Spangler.
(d) Dr. Charles Leale.

5. On what date did Abraham Lincoln's funeral take place?
(a) April 1, 1865.
(b) April 30, 1865.
(c) April 19, 1865.
(d) April 14, 1865.

Short Answer Questions

1. What signal did Captain Samuel Cox tell David Herold and John Wilkes Booth that someone they could trust would use as they approached the forest hiding place?

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

3. When they had finally cornered Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was NOT one course of action taken by the Sixteenth New York Cavalry?

4. Where did Lewis Powell sleep on the two nights subsequent to the events at William Seward's house?

5. How far away from Washington D.C. were Mary Surratt's tavern and boardinghouse?

(see the answer key)

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