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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 41 – 63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Willie Lincoln when he died?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

2. To whom is Jane Ellis speaking in the opening of Chapter 27?
(a) Elson Farwell.
(b) Mrs. Abigail Blass.
(c) Thomas Havens.
(d) Litzie.

3. For how long did Mrs. Lincoln stay in bed following her son's funeral?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 12 days.

4. Who succeeded President Pierce?
(a) President Polk.
(b) President Buchanan.
(c) President Lincoln.
(d) President Taylor.

5. What literary work is attributed to Ruth Painter Randall in the book?
(a) Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House.
(b) Our Capital in Time of War.
(c) Twenty Days.
(d) Lincoln’s Sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose account of the Lincoln home is described in Chapter 56?

2. Who is the Prussian nobleman that attended the Lincolns' state dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?

3. How old was the narrator's bride in Chapter 1 when they married?

4. What word in Chapter 46 refers to a person or thing that is detested or loathed?

5. What character evolves into a being with multiple eyes, ears, noses, hands, etc. in Chapter 41?

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