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Chasing Lincoln's Killer Chapter 4 Study Guide

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which one of his conspirators does Booth met up with after shooting Lincoln outside Washington, D.C.?

a)

Lewis Powell

b)

David Herold

c)

George Atzerodt

d)

John Surratt

2.

What request did actress Laura Keene make of the doctor treating President Lincoln in the Presidential box at Ford's Theater?

a)

To get her picture taken with the dying president.

b)

To take a lock of the president's hair.

c)

To cradle the dying president's head in her lap.

d)

To shake hands with Mrs. Lincoln.

3.

Why didn't the doctors take Lincoln back to the White House to die?

a)

The White House was too far.

b)

They were afraid other assassins would try to hurt the president on the way there.

c)

Mrs. Lincoln would not allow it.

d)

The carriage ride in the muddy, rutted road would be too much for the president.

4.

What was Cobb ordered to do?

a)

to let no one cross the bridge after dark

b)

stop each carriage from going over the bridge

c)

notify the authorities if he sees Booth

d)

keep quiet

5.

Where were Booth and Herold headed?

a)

Washington

b)

Surrattsville, Maryland

c)

The Herndon House

d)

Ford's Theater

6.

Vice President Jackson was assassinated the same night as Abraham Lincoln. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

7.

George Atzerodt was armed with two weapons. What were they? (Select two.)

a)

knife

b)

pistol (6-shot revolver)

c)

machete

d)

shot gun

8.

Did Atzerodt murder Vice President Johnson?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

just a little bit

9.

Which of the conspirators did not know the city well and thus, could not seem to find his way out of it? This same conspirator walked around Washington in a blood-stained coat!!!

a)

David Herold

b)

Lewis Powell

c)

John Wilkes Booth

d)

George Atzerodt

10.

Out of the four conspirators, which two made it across the bridge and out of Washington? (Select two.)

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

George Atzerodt

c)

Lewis Powell

d)

David Herold

11.

Booth felt he needed one of the conspirators with him more than any other. Which conspirator and why?

a)

Lewis Powell - because he was the most ruthless.

b)

Lewis Powell - because he had the best sense of direction.

c)

David Herold - so that Herold could guide him through the woods.

d)

David Herold - so that he could pin the crimes on Herold.

12.

As Booth deliriously wandered in the woods, alone, his thoughts turned to the pain in his (a)   .

13.

As Booth deliriously wandered in the woods, alone, he kept thinking about Soper's (a)   , the meeting place for him and Herold. (p. 74)

14.

John Wilkes Booth heard hooves pounding the earth. Who found Booth?

a)

Sec. of War Edward Stanton

b)

Lewis Powell

c)

William Peterson

d)

David Herold

15.

From the theater Lincoln is carried where? This place is called a “safe house” in the text, and it is where Lincoln took his last breath.

a)

Washington, D.C. Memorial Hospital

b)

the White House

c)

the home of William Peterson

d)

a nearby pub