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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Thomas Jones arrived in Richmond, Virginia in April of 1865 with the intention of completing his intended task?
(a) John Wilkes Booth rebuffed his offer of help with the assassination plot.
(b) The Confederate army had already evacuated the city and he went unpaid for his three years of service.
(c) He discovered that he did not enjoy being a blacksmith.
(d) His wife had found another man while he was in prison.

2. What did George Atzerodt do just before he decided to abandon his plan to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson?
(a) He left a note on Andrew Johnson's door.
(b) He knocked on Andrew Johnson's door.
(c) He threw his revolver out of the hotel window.
(d) He drank in the hotel lobby.

3. Where were Mary Surratt's tavern and boardinghouse located at which John Wilkes Booth had hidden weapons and supplies to be retrieved after his murder of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Delaware.
(d) On the Potomac River.

4. On the night of April 11th at the Torchlight Parade, what did Lincoln say in his speech regarding African-Americans?
(a) That they should be free to marry whomever they chose, regardless of race.
(b) That they had waited too long to be freed from slavery.
(c) That they should each be granted 40 acres and a mule.
(d) That they should be granted the right to vote.

5. When Lewis Powell rang the bell at William Seward's house, what lie did he tell in order to gain entry?
(a) That he was a messenger delivering medicine to William Seward.
(b) That he had a telegram addressed to William Seward.
(c) That he wanted an autograph from William Seward.
(d) That he was delivering the Sewards' grocery order.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject of the photographs John Wilkes Booth took with him the night of the assassination?

2. In addition to food, what other items did Thomas Jones bring to John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their forest hiding place, much to John Wilkes Booth's delight?

3. Who was sent to fetch Thomas Jones in hopes that he would help John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their next escape step?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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