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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nights in total did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold spend in the pine forest before they made the attempt to get to Virginia?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

2. 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) It got lost in the mail.
(b) His actor friend burned it.
(c) His actor friend buried it.
(d) The newspaper decided not to publish it.

3. 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) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

4. In what type of coffin was Abraham Lincoln transported back to the Executive Mansion?
(a) An ebony coffin.
(b) A polished walnut box.
(c) A marble coffin.
(d) A plain pine box.

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

6. What did John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt do when their Confederate soldier friends said the Union cavalry was approaching the Garretts' farm?
(a) They hid in the attic of the farmhouse.
(b) They took John Garrett hostage.
(c) They stood on the porch with their guns raised.
(d) They ran into the woods behind the farm and hid.

7. What did George Atzerodt purchase during his trip into Bowling Green?
(a) A new pair of shoes.
(b) A pillow.
(c) A pair of suspenders.
(d) A belt.

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

9. How was Abraham Lincoln's body transported to Springfield after his funeral?
(a) By horse-drawn carriage.
(b) By hot air balloon.
(c) By boat.
(d) By train.

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

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

12. When John Garrett came back from a neighboring farm with news about the new reward amount offered for Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was the new sum?
(a) $120,000.
(b) $140,000.
(c) $200,000.
(d) $160,000.

13. Who locked John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt inside the tobacco barn once they had settled in for the night?
(a) Richard H. Garrett.
(b) Richard Garrett, Jr.
(c) Alma Garrett.
(d) William Garrett.

14. 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) William Rollins.
(c) George Atzerodt.
(d) George Rollins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came to Mary Surratt's door at the precise moment her boarding house was being searched by soldiers?

2. Who was sent to fetch Thomas Jones in hopes that he would help John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their next escape step?

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

4. When Dr. Samuel Mudd learned that John Wilkes Booth had assassinated Abraham Lincoln, he did not betray Booth to the soldiers he faced. He did, however, take what action when he returned to his farm where Booth was hiding from the law?

5. What lie did Dr. Samuel Mudd tell the soldiers in an attempt to lead them on a wild goose chase and throw them off the trail of John Wilkes Booth?

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