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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whose house did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold flee once Dr. Samuel Mudd had insisted they leave his farm?
(a) Captain Samuel Cox.
(b) George Atzerodt.
(c) Lewis Powell.
(d) Mary Surratt.

2. What did Lewis Powell carry with him to William Sewards' door in order to make his lie more believable?
(a) A small package wrapped in paper and tied with string.
(b) A telegram.
(c) A bag of groceries.
(d) An autograph book and a pen.

3. When John Garrett came back from a neighboring farm with news about the new reward amount offered for Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was the new sum?
(a) $120,000.
(b) $140,000.
(c) $200,000.
(d) $160,000.

4. What wound did Lewis Powell successfully inflict upon William Seward, though he did not succeed in killing him?
(a) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's face.
(b) He shot William Seward's ear.
(c) He shot William Seward in the leg.
(d) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's arm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the source of Mary Todd Lincoln's emotional disturbance in the three years previous to Lincoln's inauguration?

2. Before he fled to Europe to escape capture, where did John Surratt go to hide when he learned of Abraham Lincoln's assassination?

3. Where did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold go once they secured a wagon, a team of horses, and a driver?

4. What query did Laura Keene make of Dr. Charles Leale after she gained entry to the President's box where Lincoln lay dying?

5. When John Wilkes Booth told the Garrett family where he was planning to go next, what town did he mention?

(see the answer key)

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