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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapon did John Wilkes Booth ultimately use to kill Abraham Lincoln?
(a) A musket.
(b) A Smith and Wesson .45.
(c) A Colt .45.
(d) A .44 Deringer.

2. What query did Laura Keene make of Dr. Charles Leale after she gained entry to the President's box where Lincoln lay dying?
(a) She asked if she could cradle Abraham Lincoln's head in her lap.
(b) She asked if she could cut a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair.
(c) She asked if she could gather some of Abraham Lincoln's blood.
(d) She asked if she could have Abraham Lincoln's boots.

3. Who confronted Lewis Powell at the top of the stairs on the second floor of William Seward's house?
(a) Fanny Seward.
(b) John Wilkes Booth.
(c) Major Rathbone.
(d) Frederick Seward.

4. After the Petersen boarding house was deemed the temporary War Department headquarters, to whom was the first telegram out of the office addressed?
(a) Secretary of State William Seward.
(b) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) General Robert E. Lee.
(d) First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.

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

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

7. What weapons did Lewis Powell bring to William Seward's house, intending to kill him?
(a) A pistol and a knife.
(b) A pistol and a revolver.
(c) A revolver and a knife.
(d) A sword and a knife.

8. Where in John Wilkes Booth's room at the National Hotel did investigators find a letter outlining the plot against the government?
(a) In his trunk.
(b) In the flue of the fireplace.
(c) Under his mattress.
(d) In his dresser drawer.

9. How many stories did William Seward's house have, making Lewis Powell's task of finding him difficult?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

10. What did George Atzerodt do just before he decided to abandon his plan to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson?
(a) He drank in the hotel lobby.
(b) He left a note on Andrew Johnson's door.
(c) He knocked on Andrew Johnson's door.
(d) He threw his revolver out of the hotel window.

11. 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 pillow.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A pitcher of water.

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

13. 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?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Maryland.
(d) On the Potomac River.

14. What tool did Dr. Charles Leale use to remove the blood clot from Abraham Lincoln's head in order to relieve pressure on his brain?
(a) A toothpick.
(b) A pocketknife.
(c) His fingers.
(d) A scalpel.

15. What rule was in place about the bridge that John Wilkes Booth intended to cross on his escape into Maryland?
(a) Any crossing the bridge had to dismount his horse and walk his horse over the bridge.
(b) No one was allowed to take a horse over the bridge.
(c) No one was allowed to cross the bridge after dark.
(d) Anyone crossing the bridge had to pay a toll.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?

2. For how many years did the Civil War last?

3. What fraction of the casualties during the Civil War died due to disease?

4. 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?

5. How long would it have taken John Wilkes Booth to reload if he had missed the fatal shot to Lincoln's head?

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