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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to food, what other items did Thomas Jones bring to John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their forest hiding place, much to John Wilkes Booth's delight?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Beer.

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

3. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?
(a) Sergeant Robinson, who was serving as a nurse to William Seward.
(b) Frederick Seward, who was helping Fanny to nurse their father William Seward.
(c) Ashton Lovelier, William Seward's main doctor.
(d) Major Rathbone, who was guarding William Seward.

4. At what time did Abraham Lincoln die on April 15, 1865?
(a) 1:22 p.m.
(b) 8:22 p.m.
(c) 9:22 p.m.
(d) 7:22 a.m.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Worried that Lewis Powell or other assassins might return to the house, what action did Fanny Seward take throughout the night after the attack?

2. Who shot John Wilkes Booth?

3. When John Wilkes Booth became agitated upon seeing riders pass the Garretts' farm, whom did he ask to retrieve his pistols and gun belt?

4. What reason did Dr. Charles Leale give for the impossibility of taking Abraham Lincoln to the White House after he was shot?

5. What did John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt do when their Confederate soldier friends said the Union cavalry was approaching the Garretts' farm?

(see the answer key)

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