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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) $120,000.
(b) $160,000.
(c) $140,000.
(d) $200,000.

2. What noise finally led David Herold to flee the scene in the getaway carriage before Lewis Powell had emerged from the house?
(a) William Bell running out of the house and screaming.
(b) The sound of barking dogs.
(c) Fanny Seward screaming out of the window into the street.
(d) The sound of gunshots.

3. What was the reason that Captain Samuel Cox told John Wilkes Booth and David Herold not to make a fire in the forest?
(a) Because it had been a dry spring and they were likely to start a forest fire.
(b) Because the heat of a fire would exacerbate their dehydration.
(c) Because he said they would build a fireplace on his next visit.
(d) Because the fire might be seen and it would give away their hiding place.

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

5. What did John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt do when their Confederate soldier friends said the Union cavalry was approaching the Garretts' farm?
(a) They hid in the attic of the farmhouse.
(b) They took John Garrett hostage.
(c) They stood on the porch with their guns raised.
(d) They ran into the woods behind the farm and hid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the cause of William Seward's injuries that caused him to be healing in bed when the assassination attempt on his life was made?

2. How old was William Seward's daughter Fanny on the night of the assassination attempt?

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

4. Who was the photographer who had both photographed Abraham Lincoln many times during Lincoln's life and was responsible for photographing the crime scene after Lincoln's assassination?

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?

(see the answer key)

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