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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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) Dr. Charles Leale.
(b) John Peanut.
(c) Major Rathbone.
(d) Edman Spangler.

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?
(a) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(b) Laura Keene.
(c) Joseph Stewart.
(d) Major Rathbone.

3. 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 Lewis Powell.
(d) David Herold and George Atzerodt.

4. What words did John Wilkes Booth shout after killing Lincoln and after shouting the state motto of Virginia?
(a) Long live the Confederacy.
(b) The South is avenged.
(c) The South has won.
(d) Slavery forever.

5. 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) A telegram.
(d) An autograph book and a pen.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?

4. How many slaves had Dr. Samuel Mudd owned before The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted by Abraham Lincoln?

5. Worried that Lewis Powell or other assassins might return to the house, what action did Fanny Seward take throughout the night after the attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action did David Herold take at the scene of William Seward's home that James L. Swanson imagines to have inspired the ire of John Wilkes Booth?

2. In the scene of Abraham Lincoln being moved from the theater, how does James L. Swanson get across the message of how damaging people's morbid curiosity can be?

3. What danger to Lewis Powell's assassination plot lurked in William Seward's room of which Lewis Powell was unaware?

4. What is the author's purpose in relating the events of Mary Lincoln Todd's and Abraham Lincoln's afternoon together on the date of the assassination?

5. What methods does James L. Swanson use to convey the chaotic nature of the scene within Ford's Theater after John Wilkes Booth had escaped?

6. What is James L. Swanson's purpose when he describes John Wilkes Booth's passions as including "the romance of lost causes"? (2)

7. How did the North celebrate when Richmond, Virginia fell to Union forces on April 3, 1865?

8. In what ways is Lewis Powell portrayed as a pathetic character after his attempt to take William Seward's life?

9. How does James L. Swanson demonstrate Fanny Seward's courage and ferocity within the scene of Lewis Powell's attempt to take her father's life?

10. What are two themes touched upon within Abraham Lincoln's inauguration day speech of 1865?

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