Question 1

In what way is Chasing Lincoln's Killer Structured?

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Chronological

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Sequential

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Problem/Solution

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Question/Answer

Question 2

What does NOT accurately describe Edward M. Stanton?

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Unprepared

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Leader

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Intelligent

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Organized

Question 3

How did Booth realize that the president would be at the theater on the night of the 14th?

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He saw a White House messenger deliver a message to the theater.

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Mrs. Lincoln asked the theater to decorate the theater box, so he was able to figure it out.

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Mrs. Lincoln sent Booth an announcement.

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He overheard a secret conversation between the messenger and a theater guard.

Question 4

Who is Leale?

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The Army surgeon who was in the crowd the night Lincoln was shot.

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The Confederate officer who offered assistance to Booth and his conspirators after the assassination.

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The officers who were on the bridge the night  of the assassination and questioned Booth about his destination.

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The Doctor who provided assistance and shelter to Booth just after the assassination.  He also set his leg and provided crutches.

Question 5

What happened to Fredrick Seward, the Secretary of State's son?

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He had his skull crushed, and was unconscious.

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He never walked again

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He killed Powell

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He died

Question 6

What is the setting of Chasing Lincoln's killer

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Washington D.C., 1865

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Washington State, 1965

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Virginia, 1856

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Washington DC, 1865

Question 7

"He wanted to ride alone with Mary on this day.  She had been emotionally upset since the death of their eleven-year-old son, Willie in 1862."  This quote demonstrates what type of conflict with Mary Lincoln?

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Internal

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Compound

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External

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Complex

Question 8

What was Atzerod's assignment?

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He was to kill the vice president

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He was to kill the secretary of state.

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He was to navigate the woods for Booth.

Question 9

How did Powell gain access into Seward's home?

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He said he was a doctor's messenger with a package of medicine.

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Powell eventually broke down the door and ran up the stairs, shot Fredrick, and gained access into Seward's room.

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He said he was a battle hardened Union soldier with a package of medicine.

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He explained that he was a doctor and had to deliver the package directly in the hands of Mr. Seward.

Question 10

"Then he heard....a metallic click."     What type of figurative language is used in this passage?

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Onomatopeoia

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similie

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Personification

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Metaphor

Question 11

What does CEI stand for?

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Claim, Evidence, Interpretation

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Cause, Evidence, Inferencing

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Claim, Everything, Interpretation

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Claim, Evidence, Inference

Question 12

What is the best way to describe the situation in the President’s theater box?

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Hopeless

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Optimistic

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Eager

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Confused

Question 13

By the end of chapter 6, how would the conflict best be described?

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Man vs Society

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Man versus Nature

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Man vs technology

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Man vs himself

Question 14

What type of conflict is represented in the following quote? "Mudd had the power to end the manhunt for Lincoln's killer that afternoon.  All he had to do was tell the soldiers that John Wilkes Booth and his accomplice were hiding at his farm."

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Internal

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Man vs Man

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External

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Eternal

Question 15

What was Booth and Herold's first stop outside of DC?

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Surratt's tavern

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a swamp

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Mudd's farm

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a thicket

Question 16

What was the name of the house where Lincoln was taken to die?

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The Peterson House

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The White House

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The Executive Mansion

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The Leale House

Question 17

Why did Powell have trouble escaping DC?

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He was unfamiliar with the streets of DC.

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There were angry mobs filling the streets.

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The guards would not let him cross the only bridge out of town.

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He could not remember where they were supposed to meet.

Question 18

What clue did George Atzerodt leave behind in the streets of DC?

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A knife, still in its sheath.

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A one eyed horse

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A shooting iron

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A revolver

Question 19

How did Booth get past the bridge leading out of DC?

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He told them he was leaving for home.

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He told them he was part of the Union army.

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He said he had an ill child just outside of town.

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He was able to ride his horse around the bridge.

Question 20

How did the theatergoers react?

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At first they thought it was part of the play.

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They were confused.

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They were angry.

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All of the above.

Question 21

Which conspirator was able to meet up with Booth?

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Herold

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Spangler

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Atzerold

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Surratt

Question 22

Was Powell successful in carrying out his part of his plan?

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He stabbed the Secretary of Stated, but was unable to kill him.

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He was unable to even gain access into the house.

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He not only stabbed the Secretary of State, he shot his son too.

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Powell wasn't even part of the plot to kill the secretary of state.

Question 23

What happened to Fredrick Seward?

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Powell greeted him with a pistol, but it misfired.  This spared his life.  Powell then used the gun to crush his skull.

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Powell's gun misfired.  Fredrick used this moment to pounce on Powell, hurling down hall in a dramatic fight scene that led to the Secretary of State's room.

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Fredrick took a bullet, but managed to save his sister and father.

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Powell got to the top of the steps.  When Fredrick questioned him, Powell shot him instantly, and then moved on to Secretary Seward's room.

Question 24

Who was Stanton?

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Secretary of War.

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General of the Union Army

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Chief Justice

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Vice president

Question 25

Mudd knew what Booth and Herold had done.  What should he have done?  What did he actually do?
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He should have reported their presence to to the Union army; instead he helped them hide.

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Mudd should have provided horses; instead, he gave them donkeys.

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Mudd  should have provided a map, medical, aid, and assistance; instead, he allowed them to hide in his barn.

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Mudd should have helped them travel farther down into the south; instead; he sent them farther up north.

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