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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) $58.
(c) $18.
(d) $38.

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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) Alma Garrett.
(b) George Atzerodt.
(c) Richard H. Garrett.
(d) Richard Garrett, Jr.

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

9. 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) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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 stood on the porch with their guns raised.
(b) They took John Garrett hostage.
(c) They ran into the woods behind the farm and hid.
(d) They hid in the attic of the farmhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What happened to the Ford Theater as a result of its purported association with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

4. How much money did Edwin Stanton offer to anyone who could bring to justice Abraham Lincoln's killers?

5. What set of items did Dr. Samuel Mudd make for John Wilkes Booth before he sent him away from the Mudd Farm?

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