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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XII-XIV & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two family members did William Seward lose within a year of Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
(a) His son and his daughter.
(b) His brother and his sister.
(c) His wife and his daughter.
(d) His wife and his brother.

2. Who got paid the most reward money of all the claimants?
(a) Luther Baker.
(b) Colonel Everton Conger.
(c) Lafayette Baker.
(d) Boston Corbett.

3. Who locked John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt inside the tobacco barn once they had settled in for the night?
(a) Richard H. Garrett.
(b) William Garrett.
(c) Richard Garrett, Jr.
(d) Alma Garrett.

4. 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 robbery of Fort Knox.
(d) The kidnapping of Lincoln and the holding of his person as a hostage for the Confederacy.

5. Though several couples declined the Lincolns' invitation to attend the play, one couple did accept. Who accompanied the Lincolns to the play on the night of Lincoln's assassination?
(a) Dr. Charles Leale and his wife.
(b) William Seward and his wife.
(c) Major Rathbone and his fiancee.
(d) General Grant and his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate States of America, fall to Union forces?

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

3. What does the word secede mean?

4. What was the subject of the photographs John Wilkes Booth took with him the night of the assassination?

5. What story did John Wilkes Booth tell Richard H. Garrett about his predicament?

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