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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) Broken ankle.
(c) Broken knee.
(d) Dislocated ankle.

2. The plot to assassinate the top Union leaders included all but which of the following people?
(a) Secretary of State William Seward.
(b) President Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Vice President Andrew Johnson.
(d) Department of Justice Head Alistair Sim.

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

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

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

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 Mary Todd Lincoln's mother.
(b) The death of Mary Todd Lincoln's sister Meredith.
(c) The death of the Lincolns' son Willie.
(d) The death of Abraham Lincoln's father.

7. What two items did John Wilkes Booth retrieve from Mary Sarratt's boardinghouse on the night of the assassination attempts?
(a) A gun and a knife.
(b) A knife and a horse.
(c) A map and a compass.
(d) Binoculars and a gun.

8. Though it would have been easy for John Wilkes Booth to gain an audience with President Lincoln within the Executive Mansion due to Booth's acting fame, why did he not take that action?
(a) He did not see any honor in shooting a man within his own home.
(b) He knew it would be too difficult to escape from the Executive Mansion alive.
(c) He was too scared to use so brazen a method.
(d) He wanted the dramatic setting of a theater.

9. For how many years did the Civil War last?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

10. 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) Lincoln's wife Mary Todd.
(b) William Seward's daughter.
(c) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Lincoln's son Tad.

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 blanket.
(b) A pitcher of water.
(c) A pile of clean sheets.
(d) A pillow.

12. On the afternoon on the day of Lincoln's assassination, what plans did Abraham Lincoln reveal to Mary Todd Lincoln about their future after his second term as president was complete?
(a) Moving to San Francisco where he could seek his fortune as a gold miner.
(b) Moving to New York City where he could return to his medical practice.
(c) Moving to Baltimore where he could return to his woodworking practice.
(d) Moving to Chicago where he could return to his law practice.

13. 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.

14. 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.

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

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

3. What words did one audience member report hearing John Wilkes Booth speak as he ran from the stage toward the wings?

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. How many casualties did the Civil War result in?

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