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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which newspaper had John Wilkes Booth named to his friend as the one he wanted to publish his letter about his assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) The Washington Post.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Arlington Gazette.
(d) The National Intelligencer.

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

4. What lie did Dr. Samuel Mudd tell the soldiers in an attempt to lead them on a wild goose chase and throw them off the trail of John Wilkes Booth?
(a) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the south.
(b) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the north.
(c) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the east.
(d) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the west.

5. 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 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.

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 the reason that Captain Samuel Cox told John Wilkes Booth and David Herold not to make a fire in the forest?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was ironic about the way in which John Wilkes Booth and David Herold got out of their predicament of getting lost on their way to Captain Samuel Cox's farm?

2. 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?

3. What evidence was there that indicated Thomas Jones's sole reason for helping John Wilkes Booth was because he shared the same values with the assassin?

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

5. Why was the decision made to shoot the healthy horses belonging to John Wilkes Booth and David Herold?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. What was it about Thomas Jones' role in helping the fugitives John Wilkes Booth and David Herold put Thomas Jones' own life in such grave danger?

10. 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?

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