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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Captain Samuel Cox feel when he suspected his summons might be connected to the assassination plots?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Scared.
(c) Envious.
(d) Excited.

2. 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 west.
(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 north.

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

4. On what date did Abraham Lincoln's funeral take place?
(a) April 14, 1865.
(b) April 19, 1865.
(c) April 1, 1865.
(d) April 30, 1865.

5. How many days did it take John Wilkes Booth to travel from Washington to Port Conway?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 14 days.
(d) 10 days.

6. What did George Atzerodt purchase during his trip into Bowling Green?
(a) A pair of suspenders.
(b) A belt.
(c) A new pair of shoes.
(d) A pillow.

7. Whose house did George Atzerodt visit for a midday meal late on Easter morning?
(a) Hezekiah Metz.
(b) Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(c) Captain Samuel Cox.
(d) John Surratt.

8. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's sister, whose home detectives raided in an effort to find anything associated with John Wilkes Booth?
(a) Botswana Booth Clarke.
(b) Asia Booth Clarke.
(c) China Booth Clarke.
(d) India Booth Clarke.

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

10. What happened to the letter about John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln that he had given to his actor friend in order to have it published in a newspaper?
(a) It got lost in the mail.
(b) His actor friend burned it.
(c) His actor friend buried it.
(d) The newspaper decided not to publish it.

11. When Secretary of War Edwin Stanton realized that he could not continue with the manhunt for the assassins since he had so many other duties to take care of, to whom does he delegate the manhunt responsibility?
(a) Lewis Powell.
(b) Lieutenant Lafayette Baker.
(c) John Surratt.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

12. Which newspaper had John Wilkes Booth named to his friend as the one he wanted to publish his letter about his assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) The Arlington Gazette.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The National Intelligencer.
(d) The Washington Post.

13. What title did the day of Abraham Lincoln's death come to be called?
(a) Black Palm Sunday.
(b) Black Good Friday.
(c) Black Sunday.
(d) Black Easter.

14. 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?
(a) They were outdated by more than a week, so they did not mention the assassination attempt at all.
(b) The newspapers had printed the article about the assassination plot that Lewis Powell had sent to them.
(c) Lewis Powell had not gotten away and had been immediately imprisoned.
(d) Lewis Powell had attacked not only William Seward, but his sons, his daughter, and his nurse.

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

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. When John Garrett came back from a neighboring farm with news about the new reward amount offered for Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was the new sum?

3. Who became President of the United States upon Abraham Lincoln's death?

4. What was the name of Richard H. Garrett's farm?

5. After Thomas Jones had been released from jail in April of 1865, for what purpose did he visit Richmond, Virginia?

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