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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 was Abraham Lincoln's body transported to Springfield after his funeral?
(a) By boat.
(b) By hot air balloon.
(c) By train.
(d) By horse-drawn carriage.

2. What previous act had John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators plotted in 1864 that had never come to fruition?
(a) The explosion of the Union Railroad.
(b) The assassination of Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) The kidnapping of Lincoln and the holding of his person as a hostage for the Confederacy.
(d) The robbery of Fort Knox.

3. When they had finally cornered Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was NOT one course of action taken by the Sixteenth New York Cavalry?
(a) All of the soldiers charged the barn at once.
(b) They attempted to coax him out of the barn.
(c) They sent an unarmed civilian to disarm him.
(d) They threatened to burn the barn down if the occupants did not emerge.

4. Who asked Dr. Charles Leale to treat him first, before the doctor tended to Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Captain Stargazer.
(b) Sergeant Robinson.
(c) Colonel Murray.
(d) Major Rathbone.

5. What was the subject of Lincoln's dream the night before the assassination, as recorded by Secretary Welles in his diary?
(a) Water.
(b) Fire.
(c) Air.
(d) Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which two co-conspirators did George Atzerodt implicate once he was caught by the authorities and confessed to his crimes?

3. When John Garrett came back from a neighboring farm with news about the new reward amount offered for Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was the new sum?

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

5. What did George Atzerodt purchase during his trip into Bowling Green?

(see the answer key)

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