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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a topic of conversation at Kate Chase's party?
(a) McClellan's new strategy.
(b) White House leaks.
(c) Mrs. Lincoln's runaway spending.
(d) The price of coffee.

2. The Confederacy has half the troops as the Union does and ______________.
(a) Not enough uniforms.
(b) Not enough horses.
(c) Not enough food.
(d) No arms.

3. Of which of the following do the Southern conspirators NOT convince the Union Army?
(a) The Union army is losing men faster than the South.
(b) Lee's army is three times its actual size.
(c) There is a plot to kidnap Lincoln.
(d) Lincoln has a terminal illness.

4. Why is Lincoln assured of political victory in Chapter 6?
(a) He knows that no one likes McClellan.
(b) Atlanta has been occupied by Union troops.
(c) He has the support of Union sympathisizers.
(d) He had the best campagin manager.

5. Even though he is a drunk, ___________ is deemed a better general than McClellan.
(a) John Buford.
(b) Robert Burnside.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) John Chamberlain.

6. What event does Kate Chase host in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Christmas Eve Party.
(b) Boxing Day Party.
(c) Thanksgiving Dinner.
(d) Fourth of July picnic.

7. What happens when Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln are riding to a seance one day?
(a) The carriage wheel falls off.
(b) A crowd throws rocks at the carriage.
(c) The carriage overturns in a ditch.
(d) An assassin fires a shot at the carriage.

8. On what day does Part 2, Chapter 1 take place?
(a) New Year's Day 1861.
(b) Easter Day 1861.
(c) Christmas Day 1861.
(d) The Fourth of July 1862.

9. What would Lincoln give up if it were possible?
(a) Cigars.
(b) His job.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Alcohol.

10. What does Lincoln think when he is shot at again on the way to the Soldiers Home?
(a) He needs to get more bodyguards.
(b) Why everyone seems to hate him so much.
(c) He needs a bulletproof vest.
(d) Why the assassins don't aim for his body.

11. Lincoln is fatalistic about being shot but worries even more about __________________.
(a) Being captured and held for ransom.
(b) The side business of the groundskeeper.
(c) The kidnapping of his children.
(d) Losing the next election.

12. Why does Mary Lincoln not attend Kate Chase's wedding?
(a) She does not like her groom.
(b) She has a migraine.
(c) She does not like Kate.
(d) She stays with Tad who is ill and delirious.

13. What objectionable plan does Lincoln propose about the slaves?
(a) To free them all immediately.
(b) To give them 40 acres and a mule.
(c) To give them Federal jobs.
(d) To buy them and colonize them elsewhere.

14. Which general replaces General Hooker prior to the battle at Gettysburg?
(a) General Burnside.
(b) General Chamberlain.
(c) General Meade.
(d) General Buford.

15. What is the exemption fee for a man to stay out of the war?
(a) $50.
(b) $500.
(c) $1000.
(d) $300.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Civil War battle costs the Union 15,000 casualties?

2. Whose face appears on the new U.S. dollar bill?

3. Who does Sickles think is Wikoff's source of information?

4. Who is Lincoln's former law partner?

5. Who is Mrs. Laury?

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