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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. What was the highest amount of reward money paid to a single person?
(a) $15,000.
(b) $60,000.
(c) $80,000.
(d) $3,500.

2. Who got paid the most reward money of all the claimants?
(a) Boston Corbett.
(b) Colonel Everton Conger.
(c) Luther Baker.
(d) Lafayette Baker.

3. 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) Laura Keene.
(b) Joseph Stewart.
(c) Major Rathbone.
(d) Mary Todd Lincoln.

4. Who was the only person to be punished, of the group who had aided John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt in their escape?
(a) John Surratt.
(b) Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(c) Richard H. Garrett.
(d) Boston Corbett.

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?
(a) John Wilkes Booth.
(b) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) William Seward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words did one audience member report hearing John Wilkes Booth speak as he ran from the stage toward the wings?

2. After the Petersen boarding house was deemed the temporary War Department headquarters, to whom was the first telegram out of the office addressed?

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

4. How long did the trial last for those who were eventually hanged?

5. On the afternoon on the day of Lincoln's assassination, what plans did Abraham Lincoln reveal to Mary Todd Lincoln about their future after his second term as president was complete?

(see the answer key)

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