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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though Dr. Samuel Mudd did not know about John Wilkes Booth's recent plan to assassinate the President, of what previous abandoned plot was Mudd aware?
(a) The plot to overthrow the Union government and install Confederate leaders instead.
(b) The plot to assassinate Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) The plot to kidnap William Seward.
(d) The plot to kidnap the president.

2. What joke did George Atzerodt make that caused a guest at the midday meal to report him to the authorities?
(a) He joked that he had a plan to assassinate newly-appointed President Andrew Johnson.
(b) He joked that he admired John Wilkes Booth.
(c) He joked that he had been friends with David Herold.
(d) He joked that he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.

3. Who became President of the United States upon Abraham Lincoln's death?
(a) George Atzerodt.
(b) Salmon Chase.
(c) William Seward.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

4. What did the actress Laura Keene use as a passport into the President's box at Ford's Theater where Abraham Lincoln lay dying?
(a) A pile of clean sheets.
(b) A pitcher of water.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A pillow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of coffin was Abraham Lincoln transported back to the Executive Mansion?

2. What was the reason that Captain Samuel Cox told John Wilkes Booth and David Herold not to make a fire in the forest?

3. When Lewis Powell got outside and found that Herold had fled with the getaway carriage, what did he do?

4. 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?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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