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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) Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(c) Laura Keene.
(d) Robert Lincoln.

2. How much money did Edwin Stanton offer to anyone who could bring to justice Abraham Lincoln's killers?
(a) $85,000.
(b) $200,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $50,000.

3. 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?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Beer.

4. How many miles away was the shore of Virginia from the place that John Wilkes Booth and David Herold put the boat into the water?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What fraction of the casualties during the Civil War died due to disease?

3. What literary device is James L. Swanson using when he refers to John Wilkes Booth's passion for lost causes?

4. Where were citizens permitted to view Abraham Lincoln's open casket?

5. Who sent a letter to the proprietors of the Ford Theater announcing the Lincolns' intention to attend the play at the theater that night?

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