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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What two reasons does James L. Swanson cite for an autopsy having been performed on Abraham Lincoln, though it was clear what had caused his death?
(a) The doctors wanted to study the effects of epilepsy and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.
(b) The doctors wanted the bullet and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.
(c) The doctors had to perform an autopsy by law since it had been a homicide and they wanted the bullet.
(d) The doctors were paid by opportunists to perform the autopsy and they were experiencing morbid curiosity.

3. When the Union cavalry divided their forces in order to surround John Wilkes Booth, who headed the two columns?
(a) Lafayette Baker and Luther Byron Baker.
(b) Everton Conger and Edward Doherty.
(c) Charlie Lucas and Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant and Edwin Stanton.

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

5. 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 he said they would build a fireplace on his next visit.
(b) Because the heat of a fire would exacerbate their dehydration.
(c) Because the fire might be seen and it would give away their hiding place.
(d) Because it had been a dry spring and they were likely to start a forest fire.

6. Who was the subject of the incriminating photograph the soldiers find behind a picture frame in Mary Surratt's boarding house?
(a) General Robert E. Lee.
(b) John Wilkes Booth.
(c) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Laura Keene.

7. 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) Baltimore.
(c) Bowling Green.
(d) Philadelphia.

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

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

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

11. How much money did Edwin Stanton offer to anyone who could bring to justice Abraham Lincoln's killers?
(a) $200,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $85,000.

12. 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?
(a) Matthew Brady.
(b) Laura Keene.
(c) John Surratt.
(d) Lewis Powell.

13. What color were the horses that drew the carriage carrying Abraham Lincoln's coffin in the funeral procession?
(a) Brown.
(b) Tan.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

14. What time of day did Thomas Jones think would be the best time for John Wilkes Booth and David Herold to cross the river and escape into the next state?
(a) The middle of the night.
(b) A little before sunrise.
(c) A little before sunset.
(d) High noon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold go once they secured a wagon, a team of horses, and a driver?

2. What was the name of the prison where all of the assassination co-conspirators were sent once captured?

3. 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?

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

5. How did Captain Samuel Cox feel when he suspected his summons might be connected to the assassination plots?

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