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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. What set of items did Dr. Samuel Mudd make for John Wilkes Booth before he sent him away from the Mudd Farm?
(a) A pair of spurs.
(b) A pair of suspenders.
(c) A pair of crutches.
(d) A pair of six-shooters.

2. 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?
(a) John Wilkes Booth could not walk due to his broken leg.
(b) Thomas Jones was unarmed.
(c) David Herold had never been in a battle before.
(d) Any direction in which they ran would be out in an open clearing.

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

4. Where were citizens permitted to view Abraham Lincoln's open casket?
(a) Under the great dome inside the Capitol Building.
(b) In the Oval Office of the Executive Mansion.
(c) In the courtyard of the Executive Mansion.
(d) In the Petersen Boarding House.

5. 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) Newspapers.
(b) Beer.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house did George Atzerodt visit for a midday meal late on Easter morning?

2. How did John Wilkes Booth gain shelter for the night at the home of Lucas, the African-American neighbor of Dr. Richard Stuart?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. How much money did Edwin Stanton offer to anyone who could bring to justice Abraham Lincoln's killers?

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. While Thomas Jones was arrested and was briefly imprisoned, he continued to insist on his own innocence and there was no evidence to convict him of any crime. In what way did the truth of his involvement eventually come out?

3. 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?

4. What damning evidence did investigators find inside the boarding house of Mary Surratt?

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

6. 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?

7. What action did Dr. Samuel Mudd take that sealed his position as an accomplice of John Wilkes Booth's?

8. 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?

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

10. When James L. Swanson states that John Wilkes Booth had planned in detail the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and his escape from the theater itself, but not much beyond that, what details does he use to support his point?

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