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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. When they had finally cornered Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was NOT one course of action taken by the Sixteenth New York Cavalry?
(a) They attempted to coax him out of the barn.
(b) They sent an unarmed civilian to disarm him.
(c) All of the soldiers charged the barn at once.
(d) They threatened to burn the barn down if the occupants did not emerge.

2. Who shot John Wilkes Booth?
(a) Boston Corbett.
(b) John Garrett.
(c) David Herold.
(d) Lafayette Baker.

3. What happened to the Ford Theater as a result of its purported association with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) It was burned down.
(b) It was shuttered forever and never showed another play.
(c) It was blown up with dynamite.
(d) It was confiscated from the Ford family.

4. What state did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold hope to escape into by crossing a major river, since that state's population was full of Confederate sympathizers?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Pennsylvania.

5. What was the name of the fisherman who agreed to ferry John Wilkes Booth and David Herold across the Rappahannock River?
(a) George Rollins.
(b) Charlie Lucas.
(c) William Rollins.
(d) George Atzerodt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the photographer who had both photographed Abraham Lincoln many times during Lincoln's life and was responsible for photographing the crime scene after Lincoln's assassination?

2. When John Wilkes Booth became agitated upon seeing riders pass the Garretts' farm, whom did he ask to retrieve his pistols and gun belt?

3. On what date did Abraham Lincoln's funeral take place?

4. Who came to Mary Surratt's door at the precise moment her boarding house was being searched by soldiers?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. What key suggestion did Thomas Jones offer to John Wilkes Booth and David Herold that ended up frustrating any leads gained within the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth?

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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