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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the fisherman who agreed to ferry John Wilkes Booth and David Herold across the Rappahannock River?
(a) Charlie Lucas.
(b) George Atzerodt.
(c) George Rollins.
(d) William Rollins.

2. Who was the subject of the incriminating photograph the soldiers find behind a picture frame in Mary Surratt's boarding house?
(a) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) John Wilkes Booth.
(c) General Robert E. Lee.
(d) Laura Keene.

3. 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) Asia Booth Clarke.
(b) China Booth Clarke.
(c) Botswana Booth Clarke.
(d) India Booth Clarke.

4. 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 had to perform an autopsy by law since it had been a homicide and they wanted the bullet.
(b) The doctors were paid by opportunists to perform the autopsy and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.
(c) The doctors wanted the bullet and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.
(d) The doctors wanted to study the effects of epilepsy and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.

5. What title did the day of Abraham Lincoln's death come to be called?
(a) Black Palm Sunday.
(b) Black Sunday.
(c) Black Easter.
(d) Black Good Friday.

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

7. How many miles away was the shore of Virginia from the place that John Wilkes Booth and David Herold put the boat into the water?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

8. 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 crutches.
(b) A pair of suspenders.
(c) A pair of six-shooters.
(d) A pair of spurs.

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

10. To whose house did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold flee once Dr. Samuel Mudd had insisted they leave his farm?
(a) Lewis Powell.
(b) George Atzerodt.
(c) Mary Surratt.
(d) Captain Samuel Cox.

11. What action did Dr. Samuel Mudd take when he realized that eventually soldiers or detectives would discover that John Wilkes Booth and David Herold had been at his farm after the assassination?
(a) He sent his children to hide in Europe until any suspicion of the family had passed.
(b) He buried the guns and knives left behind by the assassins.
(c) He fled to Canada.
(d) He sent his cousin to alert the authorities about the visit and to clear his name in the process.

12. When Thomas Jones brought newspapers to the assassins' hideout in the forest, what about the newspapers' reports on his shooting of Abraham Lincoln surprised John Wilkes Booth?
(a) They condemned the assassination.
(b) They celebrated the assassination.
(c) They were outdated by more than a week, so they did not mention the assassination at all.
(d) The newspapers had printed the article about the assassination plot that he had sent to them.

13. What story did John Wilkes Booth tell Richard H. Garrett about his predicament?
(a) He claimed that he had been injured while chasing Abraham Lincoln's assassins.
(b) He claimed that he had been wounded in battle and was being chased by the Union cavalry.
(c) He claimed that George Atzerodt was his brother and that he was wanted for disloyalty to the Union.
(d) He claimed that he had fallen out of a tree and had broken his leg.

14. Which newspaper had John Wilkes Booth named to his friend as the one he wanted to publish his letter about his assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) The Arlington Gazette.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The National Intelligencer.

15. 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 a plan to assassinate newly-appointed President Andrew Johnson.
(b) He joked that he had been friends with David Herold.
(c) He joked that he admired John Wilkes Booth.
(d) He joked that he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which two co-conspirators did George Atzerodt implicate once he was caught by the authorities and confessed to his crimes?

3. What is the name of the river that Thomas Jones was tasked with getting John Wilkes Booth and David Herold safely across?

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?

5. 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?

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