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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who held John Wilkes Booth's horse in the alley behind the theater, unknowingly help him to keep his escape route accessible?
(a) Edman Spangler.
(b) Dr. Charles Leale.
(c) Major Rathbone.
(d) John Peanut.

2. What was the subject of Lincoln's dream the night before the assassination, as recorded by Secretary Welles in his diary?
(a) Fire.
(b) Earth.
(c) Air.
(d) Water.

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

4. 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 kidnap William Seward.
(b) The plot to assassinate Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) The plot to kidnap the president.
(d) The plot to overthrow the Union government and install Confederate leaders instead.

5. What wound did Lewis Powell successfully inflict upon William Seward, though he did not succeed in killing him?
(a) He shot William Seward in the leg.
(b) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's arm.
(c) He shot William Seward's ear.
(d) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's face.

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

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

8. Who was the only audience member at Ford's Theater the night of the assassination to chase after John Wilkes Booth after the shooting?
(a) Major Rathbone.
(b) Laura Keene.
(c) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(d) Joseph Stewart.

9. What fraction of the casualties during the Civil War died due to disease?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 1/2.

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

11. 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) 1 week.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 2 days.

12. When Major Rathbone tried to stop John Wilkes Booth after Booth had shot Lincoln, what wound did Booth inflict on Rathbone?
(a) He punched him in the nose.
(b) He threw him off the balcony, breaking his nose.
(c) He stabbed him in the arm.
(d) He stabbed him in the leg.

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

14. Where was Abraham Lincoln taken after he was moved from Ford's Theater?
(a) Across the street to a restaurant's kitchen.
(b) Across the street to Laura Keene's house.
(c) Across the street to the Sewards' home.
(d) Across the street to Petersen's boardinghouse.

15. What words did one audience member report hearing John Wilkes Booth speak as he ran from the stage toward the wings?
(a) "At last, freedom."
(b) "He is dead."
(c) "I will be famous."
(d) "I have done it."

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapons did Lewis Powell bring to William Seward's house, intending to kill him?

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

3. What literary device is James L. Swanson using when he refers to John Wilkes Booth's passion for lost causes?

4. What reason did Dr. Charles Leale give for the impossibility of taking Abraham Lincoln to the White House after he was shot?

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

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