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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XII-XIV & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after John Wilkes Booth's death were the death warrants delivered for those who had been found guilty?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 2 1/2 months.
(c) 9 1/2 months.
(d) 6 months.

2. What title did the day of Abraham Lincoln's death come to be called?
(a) Black Easter.
(b) Black Sunday.
(c) Black Good Friday.
(d) Black Palm Sunday.

3. What was the subject of John Wilkes Booth's hand tattoo?
(a) A heart.
(b) An anchor.
(c) A Confederate Flag.
(d) The initials JWB.

4. What query did Laura Keene make of Dr. Charles Leale after she gained entry to the President's box where Lincoln lay dying?
(a) She asked if she could cradle Abraham Lincoln's head in her lap.
(b) She asked if she could gather some of Abraham Lincoln's blood.
(c) She asked if she could cut a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair.
(d) She asked if she could have Abraham Lincoln's boots.

5. Who came to Mary Surratt's door at the precise moment her boarding house was being searched by soldiers?
(a) William Seward.
(b) Lewis Powell.
(c) George Atzerodt.
(d) David Herold.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose house did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold flee once Dr. Samuel Mudd had insisted they leave his farm?

2. What color ribbons did people wear as they expressed their grief over Abraham Lincoln's assassination?

3. What was the name of the prison where all of the assassination co-conspirators were sent once captured?

4. How did John Wilkes Booth describe his own hands with his last words?

5. Where was John Wilkes Booth at first buried beneath an unmarked grave?

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