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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When John Wilkes Booth first met Thomas Jones, what did John Wilkes Booth say about his own possible capture?
(a) He said he was too smart to be captured.
(b) He said that he would prefer being taken alive if possible.
(c) He said he would be hung if he were captured.
(d) He said he would never be taken alive.

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

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

4. 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?
(a) $18.
(b) $23.
(c) $58.
(d) $38.

5. In what type of coffin was Abraham Lincoln transported back to the Executive Mansion?
(a) A polished walnut box.
(b) An ebony coffin.
(c) A plain pine box.
(d) A marble coffin.

6. What was the name of Richard H. Garrett's farm?
(a) Mantis Hill.
(b) Arachnid Hill.
(c) Ladybird Hill.
(d) Locust Hill.

7. Who became President of the United States upon Abraham Lincoln's death?
(a) William Seward.
(b) Salmon Chase.
(c) Andrew Johnson.
(d) George Atzerodt.

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

9. When the authorities searched John Wilkes Booth's room and found a letter explaining the assassination plot, what name was signed at the bottom of the letter?
(a) Sal.
(b) Sam.
(c) Sartre.
(d) John.

10. What was the name of the prison where all of the assassination co-conspirators were sent once captured?
(a) Old Capitol Prison.
(b) San Quentin Prison.
(c) Leavenworth Prison.
(d) Sing Sing Prison.

11. What lie did Dr. Samuel Mudd tell the soldiers in an attempt to lead them on a wild goose chase and throw them off the trail of John Wilkes Booth?
(a) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the east.
(b) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the north.
(c) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the south.
(d) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the west.

12. Who locked John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt inside the tobacco barn once they had settled in for the night?
(a) William Garrett.
(b) Richard Garrett, Jr.
(c) Richard H. Garrett.
(d) Alma Garrett.

13. What was the reason that Captain Samuel Cox told John Wilkes Booth and David Herold not to make a fire in the forest?
(a) Because the fire might be seen and it would give away their hiding place.
(b) Because he said they would build a fireplace on his next visit.
(c) Because the heat of a fire would exacerbate their dehydration.
(d) Because it had been a dry spring and they were likely to start a forest fire.

14. Who sent a telegram to Major General Dix, sending the news that Abraham Lincoln had died?
(a) Dr. Charles Leale.
(b) Edwin M. Stanton.
(c) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(d) Surgeon General Barnes.

15. 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?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John Wilkes Booth describe his own hands with his last words?

2. 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?

3. Who accompanied Reverend Gurley when it was time to tell Mary Todd Lincoln that her husband Abraham Lincoln had died?

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

5. When Thomas Jones brought newspapers to the assassins' hideout in the forest, what about the newspapers' reports on his shooting of Abraham Lincoln surprised John Wilkes Booth?

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