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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Union victory that was posted publicly the day that Willie Lincoln died?
(a) Fort Donelson.
(b) Fort Jackson.
(c) For Wilson.
(d) For Orleans.

2. Who attempts to drive the black former slaves across the fence in Chapter 66?
(a) Robert G. Twistings.
(b) Thomas Havens.
(c) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(d) Tobian Clearly.

3. Whose account is described in They Knew Him, edited by Leonora Morehouse?
(a) Theodore Blasgen's.
(b) Maureen H. Hedges'.
(c) E. G. Frame's.
(d) Stephen Sears'.

4. Who is the doctor that ssured Lincoln that Willie would recover?
(a) Dr. Farwell.
(b) Dr. Wilson.
(c) Dr. Sears.
(d) Dr. Sloane.

5. Whose account is described in Voices of a Divided Land?
(a) Stephen Sears'.
(b) Robert G. Twistings.
(c) P. Mallon's.
(d) Theodore Blasgen's.

6. Who is attributed with writing Letters of a Union Fellow in Chapter 70?
(a) Theodore Blasgen.
(b) Robert G. Twistings.
(c) Stephen Sears.
(d) Tobian Clearly.

7. How many sons does Lance Durning claim to have in Chapter 65?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

8. What are described as the furies that haunt houses where a children dies, according to the narrator in Chapter 73?
(a) Faith and Virtue.
(b) Blame and Guilt.
(c) Regret and Desire.
(d) Sorrow and Grief.

9. What is said to have happened to the young wife that the spirits performed l'occupation upon in Chapter 77?
(a) She hung herself.
(b) She overdosed.
(c) She was shot by her husband.
(d) She was poisoned by her husband.

10. Who wrote The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln: The Story of America’s Most Reviled President?
(a) Thomas Havens.
(b) Tobian Clearly.
(c) Stephen Sears.
(d) Larry Tagg.

11. Who describes giving his mistress diamonds and pearls, though she later left him for Mr. Hollyfen in Chapter 65?
(a) Marshall Turnbull.
(b) Maureen H. Hedges.
(c) Robert G. Twistings.
(d) Tobian Clearly.

12. Who is the nightwatchman that appears in Chapter 67?
(a) Tobian Clearly.
(b) Mr. Manders.
(c) Thomas Havens.
(d) Robert G. Twistings.

13. What is discovered in Lincoln's trouser pocket in Chapter 53?
(a) A watch.
(b) A pin.
(c) A letter.
(d) A lock.

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

15. Whose account is the focus of The Emergence of Lincoln: Prologue to the Civil War, 1859–1861 by Allan Nevins?
(a) Stephen Sears'.
(b) Edward Everett's.
(c) Tobian Clearly's.
(d) Robert G. Twistings'.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the outspoken former boilermaker that occupies Lincoln in Chapter 77?

2. Who was Thomas Havens's master?

3. What word from Chapter 60 means irresponsible?

4. Who is Tobin "Badger" Muller's wife?

5. What sensation does Hans Vollman describe when sitting inside of Lincoln in Chapter 49?

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