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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Thomas Jones arrived in Richmond, Virginia in April of 1865 with the intention of completing his intended task?
(a) John Wilkes Booth rebuffed his offer of help with the assassination plot.
(b) He discovered that he did not enjoy being a blacksmith.
(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.

2. 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) Ulysses S. Grant and Edwin Stanton.
(c) Charlie Lucas and Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(d) Lafayette Baker and Luther Byron Baker.

3. What was the reason that Captain Samuel Cox told John Wilkes Booth and David Herold not to make a fire in the forest?
(a) Because he said they would build a fireplace on his next visit.
(b) Because the fire might be seen and it would give away their hiding place.
(c) Because the heat of a fire would exacerbate their dehydration.
(d) Because it had been a dry spring and they were likely to start a forest fire.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?
(a) Any direction in which they ran would be out in an open clearing.
(b) Thomas Jones was unarmed.
(c) David Herold had never been in a battle before.
(d) John Wilkes Booth could not walk due to his broken leg.

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 told Mr. Lucas that his killing of Abraham Lincoln had been an accident.
(c) He paid Mr. Lucas one hundred dollars.
(d) He threatened Mr. Lucas with violence.

11. What time of day did Thomas Jones think would be the best time for John Wilkes Booth and David Herold to cross the river and escape into the next state?
(a) The middle of the night.
(b) High noon.
(c) A little before sunrise.
(d) A little before sunset.

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

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

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

15. 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) Richard H. Garrett.
(c) Alma Garrett.
(d) William Garrett.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the fisherman who agreed to ferry John Wilkes Booth and David Herold across the Rappahannock River?

2. When John Garrett tried to throw John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt out of the house, what was his reason?

3. How was Abraham Lincoln's body transported to Springfield after his funeral?

4. After Thomas Jones had been released from jail in April of 1865, for what purpose did he visit Richmond, Virginia?

5. 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?

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