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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When they had finally cornered Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was NOT one course of action taken by the Sixteenth New York Cavalry?
(a) They threatened to burn the barn down if the occupants did not emerge.
(b) They sent an unarmed civilian to disarm him.
(c) All of the soldiers charged the barn at once.
(d) They attempted to coax him out of the barn.

3. What color ribbons did people wear as they expressed their grief over Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

4. 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) Coffee.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Beer.

5. What joke did George Atzerodt make that caused a guest at the midday meal to report him to the authorities?
(a) He joked that he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
(b) He joked that he admired John Wilkes Booth.
(c) He joked that he had been friends with David Herold.
(d) He joked that he had a plan to assassinate newly-appointed President Andrew Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold hope to escape into by crossing a major river, since that state's population was full of Confederate sympathizers?

2. What was John Wilkes Booth wearing when he went into hiding in the pine forest?

3. When John Wilkes Booth became terrified at the sounds he heard during Thomas Jones' visit to the forest hideout, what is NOT one reason for his decision to hunker down and hope for the best?

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

5. What sound did John Wilkes Booth hear during Thomas Jones' visit to the forest hideout that terrified him?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what cause does James L. Swanson attribute the decision by doctors to perform an autopsy on Abraham Lincoln after his death?

2. What damning evidence did investigators find inside the boarding house of Mary Surratt?

3. Why did authorities feel that they had such an airtight case against John Wilkes Booth for killing Abraham Lincoln if they were ever able to bring him to justice in a court of law?

4. Though John Wilkes Booth was angry at the newspapers for suppressing his written explanation for why he had killed Abraham Lincoln that he had given to his actor friend, what was the truth surrounding why his letter had not been published?

5. What elements of the crime scene investigation mirror modern forensic methods used today?

6. Why was the decision made to shoot the healthy horses belonging to John Wilkes Booth and David Herold?

7. What was the first major break in the manhunt for the assassins and why was it significant?

8. What action did Dr. Samuel Mudd take that sealed his position as an accomplice of John Wilkes Booth's?

9. What was ironic about the way in which John Wilkes Booth and David Herold got out of their predicament of getting lost on their way to Captain Samuel Cox's farm?

10. How does James L. Swanson use the appeal of pathos to craft the portrait of Edman Spangler, the 39-year-old stagehand from Ford's Theater?

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