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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Ten: Mighty Scourge of War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what did Nancy Lincoln die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Milk sickness.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Influenza.

2. To what did James Shields, a state auditor and a Democrat, challenge Lincoln?
(a) A game of chess.
(b) A debate.
(c) A duel.
(d) A race.

3. Lincoln invited who to stay with them at the White House?
(a) Emilie Helm and her three children.
(b) Sally Lincoln and Abraham's siblings.
(c) Robert Lincoln.
(d) Benjamin Hardin Helm and Emilie Helm.

4. Reconstruction in Louisiana was _____________.
(a) Quick.
(b) A waste of time.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Simple.

5. Southern concerns about slavery were growing more frantic, and Lincoln refused to make a public statement. Why did he refuse to do this?
(a) He did not know how to respond to the Southerners.
(b) The Southerners did not want him to respond.
(c) The Southern papers always misconstrued what he said, painting him as a radical abolitionist.
(d) He became more introverted and ignored the Southerners' pleas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did neighbors think about the Lincoln children?

2. What was Abraham's first job?

3. What did Lincoln give Mary with the inscription "Love is Eternal?"

4. Why did Lincoln grow his Quaker beard?

5. Lincoln was the only lawyer who did what?

(see the answer key)

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