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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 prison where all of the assassination co-conspirators were sent once captured?
(a) Sing Sing Prison.
(b) Old Capitol Prison.
(c) Leavenworth Prison.
(d) San Quentin Prison.

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

3. How did Captain Samuel Cox feel when he suspected his summons might be connected to the assassination plots?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Envious.
(c) Excited.
(d) Scared.

4. What sound did John Wilkes Booth hear during Thomas Jones' visit to the forest hideout that terrified him?
(a) The sounds of crackling fire and men's voices.
(b) The sounds of gunfire in the distance.
(c) The sounds of clanking metal and horses' hooves pounding the earth.
(d) The sounds of screeching owls.

5. What happened to the Ford Theater as a result of its purported association with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) It was burned down.
(b) It was shuttered forever and never showed another play.
(c) It was confiscated from the Ford family.
(d) It was blown up with dynamite.

6. On what date did Abraham Lincoln's funeral take place?
(a) April 30, 1865.
(b) April 1, 1865.
(c) April 19, 1865.
(d) April 14, 1865.

7. When Thomas Jones brought newspapers to the assassins' hideout in the forest, what about the newspapers' reports on Lewis Powell's attack on William Seward surprised John Wilkes Booth?
(a) Lewis Powell had not gotten away and had been immediately imprisoned.
(b) Lewis Powell had attacked not only William Seward, but his sons, his daughter, and his nurse.
(c) The newspapers had printed the article about the assassination plot that Lewis Powell had sent to them.
(d) They were outdated by more than a week, so they did not mention the assassination attempt at all.

8. 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 buried the guns and knives left behind by the assassins.
(b) He sent his cousin to alert the authorities about the visit and to clear his name in the process.
(c) He fled to Canada.
(d) He sent his children to hide in Europe until any suspicion of the family had passed.

9. Which two co-conspirators did George Atzerodt implicate once he was caught by the authorities and confessed to his crimes?
(a) John Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(b) Lewis Powell and David Herold.
(c) John Wilkes Booth and Lewis Powell.
(d) Mary Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd.

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

11. When John Wilkes Booth became agitated upon seeing riders pass the Garretts' farm, whom did he ask to retrieve his pistols and gun belt?
(a) George Atzerodt.
(b) Richard H. Garrett.
(c) Alma Garrett.
(d) Richard Garrett, Jr.

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

13. What is the name of the river that Thomas Jones was tasked with getting John Wilkes Booth and David Herold safely across?
(a) The Snake River.
(b) The Mississippi River.
(c) The Copper River.
(d) The Potomac River.

14. Who became President of the United States upon Abraham Lincoln's death?
(a) George Atzerodt.
(b) Salmon Chase.
(c) William Seward.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

15. How did John Wilkes Booth gain shelter for the night at the home of Lucas, the African-American neighbor of Dr. Richard Stuart?
(a) He paid Mr. Lucas one hundred dollars.
(b) He threatened Mr. Lucas with violence.
(c) He told Mr. Lucas that his killing of Abraham Lincoln had been an accident.
(d) He threatened to kill Mr. Lucas's son Charlie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject of John Wilkes Booth's hand tattoo?

2. When the Union cavalry divided their forces in order to surround John Wilkes Booth, who headed the two columns?

3. How many days did it take John Wilkes Booth to travel from Washington to Port Conway?

4. Who was the first person the soldiers questioned when they reached the Mudd Farm?

5. 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?

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