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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-XI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanied Reverend Gurley when it was time to tell Mary Todd Lincoln that her husband Abraham Lincoln had died?
(a) Tad Lincoln.
(b) Robert Lincoln.
(c) Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(d) Laura Keene.

2. Who was the only audience member at Ford's Theater the night of the assassination to chase after John Wilkes Booth after the shooting?
(a) Joseph Stewart.
(b) Major Rathbone.
(c) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(d) Laura Keene.

3. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?
(a) Major Rathbone, who was guarding William Seward.
(b) Sergeant Robinson, who was serving as a nurse to William Seward.
(c) Ashton Lovelier, William Seward's main doctor.
(d) Frederick Seward, who was helping Fanny to nurse their father William Seward.

4. How did John Wilkes Booth describe his own hands with his last words?
(a) Ineffectual.
(b) Troublesome.
(c) Inane.
(d) Useless.

5. What was Dr. Samuel Mudd's diagnosis once he examined John Wilkes Booth's injured leg?
(a) Broken ankle.
(b) Broken knee.
(c) Dislocated ankle.
(d) Broken fibula.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became President of the United States upon Abraham Lincoln's death?

2. What state did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold hope to escape into by crossing a major river, since that state's population was full of Confederate sympathizers?

3. What happened when Thomas Jones arrived in Richmond, Virginia in April of 1865 with the intention of completing his intended task?

4. What was the reason that Captain Samuel Cox told John Wilkes Booth and David Herold not to make a fire in the forest?

5. What lie did Dr. Samuel Mudd tell the soldiers in an attempt to lead them on a wild goose chase and throw them off the trail of John Wilkes Booth?

(see the answer key)

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