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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 three-note whistle.
(b) A two-note-whistle.
(c) The hoot of an owl.
(d) A five-note whistle.

2. When Dr. Samuel Mudd learned that John Wilkes Booth had assassinated Abraham Lincoln, he did not betray Booth to the soldiers he faced. He did, however, take what action when he returned to his farm where Booth was hiding from the law?
(a) He threatened Booth with a knife.
(b) He sent out smoke signals to the cavalry about Booth's whereabouts.
(c) He shot Booth in the leg.
(d) He angrily told Booth to leave his farm immediately.

3. 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 wife.
(b) Captain Samuel Cox's son.
(c) Captain Samuel Cox's uncle.
(d) Captain Samuel Cox's sister.

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

5. How many miles away was the shore of Virginia from the place that John Wilkes Booth and David Herold put the boat into the water?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

6. What happened to the Ford Theater as a result of its purported association with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) It was burned down.
(b) It was confiscated from the Ford family.
(c) It was blown up with dynamite.
(d) It was shuttered forever and never showed another play.

7. What state did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold hope to escape into by crossing a major river, since that state's population was full of Confederate sympathizers?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Maryland.

8. What two reasons does James L. Swanson cite for an autopsy having been performed on Abraham Lincoln, though it was clear what had caused his death?
(a) The doctors had to perform an autopsy by law since it had been a homicide and they wanted the bullet.
(b) The doctors wanted the bullet and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.
(c) The doctors wanted to study the effects of epilepsy and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.
(d) The doctors were paid by opportunists to perform the autopsy and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.

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

10. What is the name of the river that Thomas Jones was tasked with getting John Wilkes Booth and David Herold safely across?
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) The Copper River.
(c) The Snake River.
(d) The Potomac River.

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

12. Who came to Mary Surratt's door at the precise moment her boarding house was being searched by soldiers?
(a) Lewis Powell.
(b) David Herold.
(c) George Atzerodt.
(d) William Seward.

13. Who was the first person the soldiers questioned when they reached the Mudd Farm?
(a) Mrs. Samuel Mudd.
(b) Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(c) Tad Mudd.
(d) Rachel Mudd.

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

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) The newspapers had printed the article about the assassination plot that Lewis Powell had sent to them.
(d) Lewis Powell had attacked not only William Seward, but his sons, his daughter, and his nurse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color ribbons did people wear as they expressed their grief over Abraham Lincoln's assassination?

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

4. When John Wilkes Booth told the Garrett family where he was planning to go next, what town did he mention?

5. What title did the day of Abraham Lincoln's death come to be called?

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