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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) $200,000.
(b) $140,000.
(c) $120,000.
(d) $160,000.

3. Where did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold go once they secured a wagon, a team of horses, and a driver?
(a) Port Orchard.
(b) Port Oslow.
(c) Port Conway.
(d) Port Washington.

4. When the authorities searched John Wilkes Booth's room and found a letter explaining the assassination plot, what name was signed at the bottom of the letter?
(a) Sal.
(b) Sartre.
(c) John.
(d) Sam.

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

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

7. How did John Wilkes Booth describe his own hands with his last words?
(a) Useless.
(b) Ineffectual.
(c) Troublesome.
(d) Inane.

8. 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 he had fallen out of a tree and had broken his leg.
(d) He claimed that George Atzerodt was his brother and that he was wanted for disloyalty to the Union.

9. 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 Washington Post.
(b) The Arlington Gazette.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The National Intelligencer.

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

11. What happened when Thomas Jones arrived in Richmond, Virginia in April of 1865 with the intention of completing his intended task?
(a) He discovered that he did not enjoy being a blacksmith.
(b) John Wilkes Booth rebuffed his offer of help with the assassination plot.
(c) The Confederate army had already evacuated the city and he went unpaid for his three years of service.
(d) His wife had found another man while he was in prison.

12. 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) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

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

14. 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 to kill Mr. Lucas's son Charlie.
(c) He threatened Mr. Lucas with violence.
(d) He told Mr. Lucas that his killing of Abraham Lincoln had been an accident.

15. 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) Lewis Powell.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Lieutenant Lafayette Baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who sent a telegram to Major General Dix, sending the news that Abraham Lincoln had died?

3. What did John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt do when their Confederate soldier friends said the Union cavalry was approaching the Garretts' farm?

4. When they had finally cornered Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was NOT one course of action taken by the Sixteenth New York Cavalry?

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

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