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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Dr. Samuel Mudd's diagnosis once he examined John Wilkes Booth's injured leg?
(a) Broken fibula.
(b) Dislocated ankle.
(c) Broken ankle.
(d) Broken knee.

2. What color uniforms did Southern soldiers wear during the Civil War?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

3. Worried that Lewis Powell or other assassins might return to the house, what action did Fanny Seward take throughout the night after the attack?
(a) She searched the house.
(b) She barricaded the door of her father's room.
(c) She kept candles burning in every room.
(d) She stockpiled firearms inside her father's room.

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

5. What two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?
(a) A revolver and a knife.
(b) A pistol and a knife.
(c) A knife and a rifle.
(d) A revolver and a razor.

6. After John Wilkes Booth crossed the bridge, he turned to look for his co-conspirators. Whom did he see?
(a) David Herold and George Atzerodt.
(b) Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt.
(c) No one.
(d) David Herold and Lewis Powell.

7. How long did John Wilkes Booth have between finding out about Lincoln's plans to attend the play and his assassination of the President?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 days.

8. How long would it have taken John Wilkes Booth to reload if he had missed the fatal shot to Lincoln's head?
(a) 40 seconds.
(b) 2 minutes.
(c) 20 seconds.
(d) 5 seconds.

9. Who answered the door when Lewis Powell rang the doorbell at William Seward's house?
(a) William Seward's doctor.
(b) Frederick Seward.
(c) The Sewards' servant.
(d) Fanny Seward.

10. What was the ultimate goal of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators' plan to assassinate the Union government's top leaders?
(a) To persuade General Lee to revoke his surrender.
(b) To be awarded a ransom.
(c) To install Confederate leaders in the place of the dead Union leaders the moment they were gone.
(d) To incite the Confederacy to continue the war against the Union.

11. 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?
(a) A ferris wheel accident.
(b) An arrow wound.
(c) A carriage accident.
(d) A fall.

12. What reason did Dr. Charles Leale give for the impossibility of taking Abraham Lincoln to the White House after he was shot?
(a) It would take too long to get there.
(b) The bumpy ride would jostle his head and kill him.
(c) The crowds outside were already too thick to maneuver a carriage through their number.
(d) The doctor would not be able to tend to Abraham Lincoln in transit.

13. What was the subject of the photographs John Wilkes Booth took with him the night of the assassination?
(a) His children.
(b) The Confederate flag.
(c) His five favorite girlfriends.
(d) His mother.

14. When Lewis Powell got outside and found that Herold had fled with the getaway carriage, what did he do?
(a) He pushed a passerby out of a carriage and stole it.
(b) He took off running down the street.
(c) He jumped on his horse and rode away.
(d) He rode off down the street on his bicycle.

15. Who sent a letter to the proprietors of the Ford Theater announcing the Lincolns' intention to attend the play at the theater that night?
(a) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) William Seward.
(c) John Wilkes Booth.
(d) Mary Todd Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The plot to assassinate the top Union leaders included all but which of the following people?

3. What rule was in place about the bridge that John Wilkes Booth intended to cross on his escape into Maryland?

4. When Major Rathbone tried to stop John Wilkes Booth after Booth had shot Lincoln, what wound did Booth inflict on Rathbone?

5. What weapon did John Wilkes Booth ultimately use to kill Abraham Lincoln?

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