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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Matthew Brady.
(b) John Surratt.
(c) Laura Keene.
(d) Lewis Powell.

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

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

4. Who was the subject of the incriminating photograph the soldiers find behind a picture frame in Mary Surratt's boarding house?
(a) Laura Keene.
(b) John Wilkes Booth.
(c) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) General Robert E. Lee.

5. 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) $38.
(b) $58.
(c) $23.
(d) $18.

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(d) They were outdated by more than a week, so they did not mention the assassination attempt at all.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. When John Garrett tried to throw John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt out of the house, what was his reason?
(a) He was tired of their demanding attitudes.
(b) He began to suspect that they were associated with Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
(c) He thought they were preparing to steal the Garretts' horses.
(d) He thought his father would be angry with him for letting the men stay for so many nights.

13. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's sister, whose home detectives raided in an effort to find anything associated with John Wilkes Booth?
(a) India Booth Clarke.
(b) China Booth Clarke.
(c) Asia Booth Clarke.
(d) Botswana Booth Clarke.

14. In addition to food, what other items did Thomas Jones bring to John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their forest hiding place, much to John Wilkes Booth's delight?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Beer.

15. At what time did Abraham Lincoln die on April 15, 1865?
(a) 9:22 p.m.
(b) 7:22 a.m.
(c) 1:22 p.m.
(d) 8:22 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. What was John Wilkes Booth wearing when he went into hiding in the pine forest?

5. 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?

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