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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. 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?

2. What happened to the Ford Theater as a result of its purported association with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

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

4. In what type of coffin was Abraham Lincoln transported back to the Executive Mansion?

5. How much money did Edwin Stanton offer to anyone who could bring to justice Abraham Lincoln's killers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

7. What was it about the newspapers brought to him by Thomas Jones that stunned John Wilkes Booth while he was hiding in the pine thicket?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of crafted performance portrayed within the book? Examine James L. Swanson's treatment of actors and their professions, the antagonist's acting career, and the theme of appearance versus reality throughout the novel. Support your points with concrete details from the text.

Essay Topic 2

How is the theme of hope depicted within the narrative despite the grim act at the center of its story? Create a clear, specific claim and support it with concrete details from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that discusses the connection between the decision by the U. S. government to make sure John Wilkes Booth's grave remained unmarked and the modern controversy over the media's coverage of mass shooters. Write a specific, clear claim and back it up with both concrete details from the book and concrete details from your research.

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