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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 six-shooters.
(b) A pair of crutches.
(c) A pair of suspenders.
(d) A pair of spurs.

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

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

4. When John Wilkes Booth told the Garrett family where he was planning to go next, what town did he mention?
(a) Orange Court House.
(b) Bowling Green.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Baltimore.

5. On what date did Abraham Lincoln's funeral take place?
(a) April 19, 1865.
(b) April 14, 1865.
(c) April 1, 1865.
(d) April 30, 1865.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. Who sent a telegram to Major General Dix, sending the news that Abraham Lincoln had died?

4. At what time did Abraham Lincoln die on April 15, 1865?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

6. Within the entirety of the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth, what event acted as the closest the manhunters ever came to capturing John Wilkes Booth, besides the last standoff at Garrett Farm?

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

8. How does James L. Swanson use the appeal of pathos to craft the portrait of Edman Spangler, the 39-year-old stagehand from Ford's Theater?

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

10. 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?

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