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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. 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) William Garrett.
(d) Alma Garrett.

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

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

4. After Thomas Jones had been released from jail in April of 1865, for what purpose did he visit Richmond, Virginia?
(a) To reunite with his wife and children.
(b) To collect the money owed to him by the Confederacy.
(c) To join in the assassination plot.
(d) To learn the trade of blacksmithing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What story did John Wilkes Booth tell Richard H. Garrett about his predicament?

4. What sound did John Wilkes Booth hear during Thomas Jones' visit to the forest hideout that terrified him?

5. Who became President of the United States upon Abraham Lincoln's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the reason for Andrew Johnson's lack of a formal public inaugural address upon his ascendency to the presidency?

2. 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?

3. Why did authorities feel that they had such an airtight case against John Wilkes Booth for killing Abraham Lincoln if they were ever able to bring him to justice in a court of law?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

7. Once she was sent from the room in which Abraham Lincoln lay dying, why did Marty Todd Lincoln never see her husband's face again?

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

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