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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote to President Lincoln regarding his first reception, asking if the President were aware there was a Civil War going on?
(a) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(b) Ben Wade.
(c) Daniel Mark Epstein.
(d) Margaret Leech.

3. The raining down of hats and laughter are described in Chapter 34 as the harbingers of whose approach?
(a) The approach of Abraham Lincoln.
(b) The approach of the Three Bachelors.
(c) The approach of God.
(d) The approach of the furies.

4. Who is described in Chapter 37 as having been kicked by a bull but still is looking forward to the dance?
(a) Mrs. Delaney.
(b) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(c) Mr. Twood.
(d) Merkel.

5. Who is described as having been killed by the Rebs for tearing down the Rebel flag from a private in Chapter 33?
(a) Mr. Twood.
(b) Mrs. Delaney.
(c) Col. Ellis.
(d) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.

6. How much money does Mrs. Abigail Blass supposedly have in the First Bank?
(a) $1,300.
(b) $500.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $234.

7. Who is cited as the author of The Washington Powers?
(a) Maxwell Flagg.
(b) D. V. Featherly.
(c) Margaret Garrett.
(d) James Morgan.

8. Who did Mrs. Lincoln hire to cater her state dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?
(a) Jo Brunt.
(b) James Morgan.
(c) Margaret Garrett.
(d) C. Heerdt.

9. What work is cited in Chapter 2 by David Von Drehle?
(a) All This Did I See: Memories of a Terrible Time.
(b) Rise to Greatness.
(c) The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage.
(d) Mr. Lincoln’s Washington.

10. How many children does Mrs. Abigail Blass say she had with her husband?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

11. Who was Abraham Lincoln's secretary during his first term?
(a) Jo Brunt.
(b) William Stoddard.
(c) Maxwell Flagg.
(d) James Morgan.

12. Who is cited as the author of Our Capital in Time of War?
(a) James Morgan.
(b) Margaret Garrett.
(c) Petersen Wickett.
(d) Jo Brunt.

13. Who is described in Chapter 37 as constantly mumbling about his grandson's excellent university marks?
(a) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(b) Mrs. Delaney.
(c) Mr. Dill.
(d) Mr. Twood.

14. What color skirt does Roger Bevins III describe Miranda Debb as favoring in Chapter 29?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Pink.
(d) Green.

15. Who is cited as the author of With Lincoln in the White House?
(a) John G. Nicolay.
(b) Maxwell Flagg.
(c) James Morgan.
(d) Jo Brunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Roger Bevins III fall in love with that did not reciprocate his feelings?

2. What word from Chapter 35 means feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress?

3. Who is described in Chapter 37 as a dandy who wishes his hair might be restored?

4. To whom is Jane Ellis speaking in the opening of Chapter 27?

5. Who among Mrs. Abigail Blass's children does she describe as having a bad foot?

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