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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. Before he fled to Europe to escape capture, where did John Surratt go to hide when he learned of Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
(a) Russia.
(b) Canada.
(c) Venezuela.
(d) Mexico.

2. When John Garrett tried to throw John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt out of the house, what was his reason?
(a) He thought his father would be angry with him for letting the men stay for so many nights.
(b) He began to suspect that they were associated with Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
(c) He thought they were preparing to steal the Garretts' horses.
(d) He was tired of their demanding attitudes.

3. How much money did Edwin Stanton offer to anyone who could bring to justice Abraham Lincoln's killers?
(a) $85,000.
(b) $200,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $100,000.

4. What two reasons does James L. Swanson cite for an autopsy having been performed on Abraham Lincoln, though it was clear what had caused his death?
(a) The doctors had to perform an autopsy by law since it had been a homicide and they wanted the bullet.
(b) The doctors were paid by opportunists to perform the autopsy and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.
(c) The doctors wanted to study the effects of epilepsy and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.
(d) The doctors wanted the bullet and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.

5. 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?
(a) A five-note whistle.
(b) The hoot of an owl.
(c) A three-note whistle.
(d) A two-note-whistle.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

4. What color were the horses that drew the carriage carrying Abraham Lincoln's coffin in the funeral procession?

5. What is the name of the river that Thomas Jones was tasked with getting John Wilkes Booth and David Herold safely across?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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

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. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

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