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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Civil War battle costs the Union 15,000 casualties?
(a) Antietam.
(b) Fredericksburg.
(c) Gettysburg.
(d) Vicksburg.

2. What topic does Sprague talk about when he takes Kate riding?
(a) The shortage of cotton for New England mills.
(b) His new stable of horses.
(c) His military strategy.
(d) The fashions coming out of Paris.

3. Which of the following bad news does Lincoln NOT receive in Chapter 13?
(a) Rebel forces surround Washington.
(b) Telegraph and railroad lines are cut.
(c) High-ranking military men defect.
(d) Mrs. Lincoln has tuberculosis.

4. Which female abolition opponent is introduced in Chapter 2?
(a) Mary Surratt.
(b) Ellen Surratt.
(c) Mary Stewart.
(d) Mary Scirocco.

5. From what state do the first Union troops arrive in Washington?
(a) Maine.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does David Herold regret that Lincoln must die?

2. What does Wikoff publish in the New York Herald?

3. Who is Emilie Helm?

4. Who does Chase want excluded from a position in Lincoln's cabinet?

5. On what day does Lincoln arrive in Washington?

(see the answer key)

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