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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the letter about John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln that he had given to his actor friend in order to have it published in a newspaper?
(a) His actor friend burned it.
(b) It got lost in the mail.
(c) The newspaper decided not to publish it.
(d) His actor friend buried it.

2. What color were the horses that drew the carriage carrying Abraham Lincoln's coffin in the funeral procession?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Tan.
(d) White.

3. Who shot John Wilkes Booth?
(a) John Garrett.
(b) David Herold.
(c) Boston Corbett.
(d) Lafayette Baker.

4. Where were citizens permitted to view Abraham Lincoln's open casket?
(a) Under the great dome inside the Capitol Building.
(b) In the Oval Office of the Executive Mansion.
(c) In the courtyard of the Executive Mansion.
(d) In the Petersen Boarding House.

5. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's sister, whose home detectives raided in an effort to find anything associated with John Wilkes Booth?
(a) Botswana Booth Clarke.
(b) India Booth Clarke.
(c) China Booth Clarke.
(d) Asia Booth Clarke.

6. How many days did it take John Wilkes Booth to travel from Washington to Port Conway?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 14 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 10 days.

7. What set of items did Dr. Samuel Mudd make for John Wilkes Booth before he sent him away from the Mudd Farm?
(a) A pair of spurs.
(b) A pair of six-shooters.
(c) A pair of suspenders.
(d) A pair of crutches.

8. When John Wilkes Booth first met Thomas Jones, what did John Wilkes Booth say about his own possible capture?
(a) He said that he would prefer being taken alive if possible.
(b) He said he would be hung if he were captured.
(c) He said he would never be taken alive.
(d) He said he was too smart to be captured.

9. What happened when Thomas Jones arrived in Richmond, Virginia in April of 1865 with the intention of completing his intended task?
(a) His wife had found another man while he was in prison.
(b) John Wilkes Booth rebuffed his offer of help with the assassination plot.
(c) He discovered that he did not enjoy being a blacksmith.
(d) The Confederate army had already evacuated the city and he went unpaid for his three years of service.

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

11. 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?
(a) Any direction in which they ran would be out in an open clearing.
(b) David Herold had never been in a battle before.
(c) Thomas Jones was unarmed.
(d) John Wilkes Booth could not walk due to his broken leg.

12. What two reasons does James L. Swanson cite for an autopsy having been performed on Abraham Lincoln, though it was clear what had caused his death?
(a) The doctors wanted to study the effects of epilepsy and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.
(b) The doctors had to perform an autopsy by law since it had been a homicide and they wanted the bullet.
(c) The doctors were paid by opportunists to perform the autopsy and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.
(d) The doctors wanted the bullet and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.

13. When the Union cavalry divided their forces in order to surround John Wilkes Booth, who headed the two columns?
(a) Lafayette Baker and Luther Byron Baker.
(b) Everton Conger and Edward Doherty.
(c) Charlie Lucas and Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant and Edwin Stanton.

14. What was John Wilkes Booth wearing when he went into hiding in the pine forest?
(a) A nightshirt.
(b) The equivalent of a modern-day business suit.
(c) A pair of pajamas.
(d) A tuxedo.

15. Who was the photographer who had both photographed Abraham Lincoln many times during Lincoln's life and was responsible for photographing the crime scene after Lincoln's assassination?
(a) John Surratt.
(b) Lewis Powell.
(c) Laura Keene.
(d) Matthew Brady.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who became President of the United States upon Abraham Lincoln's death?

3. When John Wilkes Booth became agitated upon seeing riders pass the Garretts' farm, whom did he ask to retrieve his pistols and gun belt?

4. Who sent a telegram to Major General Dix, sending the news that Abraham Lincoln had died?

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

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