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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When John Wilkes Booth told the Garrett family where he was planning to go next, what town did he mention?
2. 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?
3. What set of items did Dr. Samuel Mudd make for John Wilkes Booth before he sent him away from the Mudd Farm?
4. How many miles away was the shore of Virginia from the place that John Wilkes Booth and David Herold put the boat into the water?
5. In what type of coffin was Abraham Lincoln transported back to the Executive Mansion?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What elements of the crime scene investigation mirror modern forensic methods used today?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. What damning evidence did investigators find inside the boarding house of Mary Surratt?
6. What was the reason for Andrew Johnson's lack of a formal public inaugural address upon his ascendency to the presidency?
7. 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?
8. Why was the decision made to shoot the healthy horses belonging to John Wilkes Booth and David Herold?
9. 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?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the author of Chasing Lincoln's Killer's message regarding fame and infamy? Create a clear and specific claim and prove it using concrete details from the narrative.
Essay Topic 2
What is the author's treatment of race relations within the events of the book? How does he get across to the reader the complexities of the country's conflicts without devoting entire chapters to the topic of race? Craft a specific and clear claim regarding the author's treatment of the race relations theme and use textual details to support your claim.
Essay Topic 3
How does James L. Swanson use irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within the book and explore each instance's connection to larger themes within the book. Back up your points using concrete details from the book.
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