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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Matthew Brady.
(c) Laura Keene.
(d) Lewis Powell.

2. Who accompanied Reverend Gurley when it was time to tell Mary Todd Lincoln that her husband Abraham Lincoln had died?
(a) Laura Keene.
(b) Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(c) Robert Lincoln.
(d) Tad Lincoln.

3. When Secretary of War Edwin Stanton realized that he could not continue with the manhunt for the assassins since he had so many other duties to take care of, to whom does he delegate the manhunt responsibility?
(a) John Surratt.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Lewis Powell.
(d) Lieutenant Lafayette Baker.

4. When John Garrett tried to throw John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt out of the house, what was his reason?
(a) He began to suspect that they were associated with Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
(b) He thought they were preparing to steal the Garretts' horses.
(c) He was tired of their demanding attitudes.
(d) He thought his father would be angry with him for letting the men stay for so many nights.

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

6. What was Dr. RIchard Stuart's reaction to John Wilkes Booth's request for shelter for George Atzerodt and himself?
(a) He agreed to house them and rented them a team of horses for the next leg of their flight.
(b) He refused to house them, but did agree to feed them.
(c) He ordered them to leave his house immediately.
(d) He refused to feed them, but did agree to house them.

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

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

9. 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 assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
(c) He joked that he admired John Wilkes Booth.
(d) He joked that he had been friends with David Herold.

10. After Thomas Jones had been released from jail in April of 1865, for what purpose did he visit Richmond, Virginia?
(a) To join in the assassination plot.
(b) To reunite with his wife and children.
(c) To collect the money owed to him by the Confederacy.
(d) To learn the trade of blacksmithing.

11. 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 sent an unarmed civilian to disarm him.
(b) They attempted to coax him out of the barn.
(c) They threatened to burn the barn down if the occupants did not emerge.
(d) All of the soldiers charged the barn at once.

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

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) Alma Garrett.
(c) Richard Garrett, Jr.
(d) William Garrett.

14. 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) The newspapers had printed the article about the assassination plot that he had sent to them.
(b) They were outdated by more than a week, so they did not mention the assassination at all.
(c) They celebrated the assassination.
(d) They condemned the assassination.

15. Though Thomas Jones refused to accept all of the money that John Wilkes Booth offered to him, he did take enough to cover the cost of the getaway boat. How much money did he accept?
(a) $23.
(b) $38.
(c) $18.
(d) $58.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Abraham Lincoln's funeral take place?

2. What did George Atzerodt purchase during his trip into Bowling Green?

3. What happened when Thomas Jones arrived in Richmond, Virginia in April of 1865 with the intention of completing his intended task?

4. How did Captain Samuel Cox feel when he suspected his summons might be connected to the assassination plots?

5. Who was the subject of the incriminating photograph the soldiers find behind a picture frame in Mary Surratt's boarding house?

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