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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distinctive marking did John Wilkes Booth's horse have on her body?
(a) A black star on her forehead.
(b) A white star on her forehead.
(c) A white diamond on her flank.
(d) A white circle on her nose.

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

3. On the night of the Torchlight Parade, who scooped up Abraham Lincoln's speech pages as he finished them and dropped them to the floor?
(a) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) Lincoln's son Tad.
(c) William Seward's daughter.
(d) Lincoln's wife Mary Todd.

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

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

6. What was the source of Mary Todd Lincoln's emotional disturbance in the three years previous to Lincoln's inauguration?
(a) The death of Abraham Lincoln's father.
(b) The death of Mary Todd Lincoln's sister Meredith.
(c) The death of the Lincolns' son Willie.
(d) The death of Mary Todd Lincoln's mother.

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

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

9. What did Lewis Powell carry with him to William Sewards' door in order to make his lie more believable?
(a) A bag of groceries.
(b) A small package wrapped in paper and tied with string.
(c) An autograph book and a pen.
(d) A telegram.

10. 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) Fanny Seward screaming out of the window into the street.
(c) William Bell running out of the house and screaming.
(d) The sound of gunshots.

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

12. When Lewis Powell rang the bell at William Seward's house, what lie did he tell in order to gain entry?
(a) That he had a telegram addressed to William Seward.
(b) That he was a messenger delivering medicine to William Seward.
(c) That he was delivering the Sewards' grocery order.
(d) That he wanted an autograph from William Seward.

13. 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 stockpiled firearms inside her father's room.
(b) She searched the house.
(c) She kept candles burning in every room.
(d) She barricaded the door of her father's room.

14. 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) A carriage accident.
(c) A fall.
(d) An arrow wound.

15. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?
(a) Frederick Seward, who was helping Fanny to nurse their father William Seward.
(b) Ashton Lovelier, William Seward's main doctor.
(c) Sergeant Robinson, who was serving as a nurse to William Seward.
(d) Major Rathbone, who was guarding William Seward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What injury did John Wilkes Booth sustain in his leap from the Presidential box to the theater stage?

2. Who was the only audience member at Ford's Theater the night of the assassination to chase after John Wilkes Booth after the shooting?

3. What does the word secede mean?

4. 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?

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

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