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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 was the name of John Wilkes Booth's sister, whose home detectives raided in an effort to find anything associated with John Wilkes Booth?
(a) China Booth Clarke.
(b) Asia Booth Clarke.
(c) Botswana Booth Clarke.
(d) India Booth Clarke.

2. Who locked John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt inside the tobacco barn once they had settled in for the night?
(a) Alma Garrett.
(b) Richard Garrett, Jr.
(c) Richard H. Garrett.
(d) William Garrett.

3. What story did John Wilkes Booth tell Richard H. Garrett about his predicament?
(a) He claimed that he had been wounded in battle and was being chased by the Union cavalry.
(b) He claimed that he had been injured while chasing Abraham Lincoln's assassins.
(c) He claimed that George Atzerodt was his brother and that he was wanted for disloyalty to the Union.
(d) He claimed that he had fallen out of a tree and had broken his leg.

4. What joke did George Atzerodt make that caused a guest at the midday meal to report him to the authorities?
(a) He joked that he admired John Wilkes Booth.
(b) He joked that he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
(c) He joked that he had been friends with David Herold.
(d) He joked that he had a plan to assassinate newly-appointed President Andrew Johnson.

5. 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?
(a) A little before sunrise.
(b) The middle of the night.
(c) High noon.
(d) A little before sunset.

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 was the name of the fisherman who agreed to ferry John Wilkes Booth and David Herold across the Rappahannock River?

3. Though Thomas Jones refused to accept all of the money that John Wilkes Booth offered to him, he did take enough to cover the cost of the getaway boat. How much money did he accept?

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

5. How many nights in total did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold spend in the pine forest before they made the attempt to get to Virginia?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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 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?

5. 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?

6. What type of tone does James L. Swanson use in describing the actions of Lafayette Baker and his men as they surrounded the barn in which they knew John Wilkes Booth was hiding?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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