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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before he fled to Europe to escape capture, where did John Surratt go to hide when he learned of Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
(a) Russia.
(b) Canada.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Venezuela.

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

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

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

5. When John Wilkes Booth first met Thomas Jones, what did John Wilkes Booth say about his own possible capture?
(a) He said he was too smart to be captured.
(b) He said that he would prefer being taken alive if possible.
(c) He said he would be hung if he were captured.
(d) He said he would never be taken alive.

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

7. What signal did Captain Samuel Cox tell David Herold and John Wilkes Booth that someone they could trust would use as they approached the forest hiding place?
(a) A five-note whistle.
(b) The hoot of an owl.
(c) A two-note-whistle.
(d) A three-note whistle.

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

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

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

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

12. What was the subject of John Wilkes Booth's hand tattoo?
(a) The initials JWB.
(b) An anchor.
(c) A heart.
(d) A Confederate Flag.

13. Who was sent to fetch Thomas Jones in hopes that he would help John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their next escape step?
(a) Captain Samuel Cox's uncle.
(b) Captain Samuel Cox's wife.
(c) Captain Samuel Cox's sister.
(d) Captain Samuel Cox's son.

14. 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) Mary Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(d) John Wilkes Booth and Lewis Powell.

15. 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) They were outdated by more than a week, so they did not mention the assassination attempt at all.
(b) Lewis Powell had not gotten away and had been immediately imprisoned.
(c) Lewis Powell had attacked not only William Seward, but his sons, his daughter, and his nurse.
(d) The newspapers had printed the article about the assassination plot that Lewis Powell had sent to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What joke did George Atzerodt make that caused a guest at the midday meal to report him to the authorities?

3. 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?

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

5. Who became President of the United States upon Abraham Lincoln's death?

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