View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the fire might be seen and it would give away their hiding place.
(b) Because it had been a dry spring and they were likely to start a forest fire.
(c) Because the heat of a fire would exacerbate their dehydration.
(d) Because he said they would build a fireplace on his next visit.

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

3. Who sent a telegram to Major General Dix, sending the news that Abraham Lincoln had died?
(a) Edwin M. Stanton.
(b) Surgeon General Barnes.
(c) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(d) Dr. Charles Leale.

4. In what type of coffin was Abraham Lincoln transported back to the Executive Mansion?
(a) A plain pine box.
(b) A polished walnut box.
(c) A marble coffin.
(d) An ebony coffin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Union cavalry divided their forces in order to surround John Wilkes Booth, who headed the two columns?

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

3. 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?

4. Who was the subject of the incriminating photograph the soldiers find behind a picture frame in Mary Surratt's boarding house?

5. Which two co-conspirators did George Atzerodt implicate once he was caught by the authorities and confessed to his crimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what cause does James L. Swanson attribute the decision by doctors to perform an autopsy on Abraham Lincoln after his death?

2. What was it about the newspapers brought to him by Thomas Jones that stunned John Wilkes Booth while he was hiding in the pine thicket?

3. What elements of the crime scene investigation mirror modern forensic methods used today?

4. How did the transportation of Abraham Lincoln's body from the Pedersen boarding house to the Executive Mansion belie Abraham Lincoln's modest personality in life?

5. What did Dr. Richard Stuart do to earn the ire of John Wilkes Booth and how did John Wilkes Booth make his feelings about the matter known?

6. What was Dr. Samuel Mudd's response when he learned that Abraham Lincoln had been killed and that John Wilkes Booth had been the assassin?

7. What is James L. Swanson's purpose in including the detail, "He was too far from Washington to hear the ringing bells of the city's churches tolling in mourning," (60) when describing John Wikes Booth's arrival at the farm of Dr. Samuel Mudd?

8. What key suggestion did Thomas Jones offer to John Wilkes Booth and David Herold that ended up frustrating any leads gained within the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth?

9. Though John Wilkes Booth was angry at the newspapers for suppressing his written explanation for why he had killed Abraham Lincoln that he had given to his actor friend, what was the truth surrounding why his letter had not been published?

10. What was the first major break in the manhunt for the assassins and why was it significant?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,576 words (approx. 6 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample