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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what crime had Thomas Jones been jailed for months prior to getting out in April of 1865?
(a) Counterfeiting.
(b) Insubordination to an officer.
(c) Disloyalty to the Union.
(d) Public intoxication.

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

3. At what time did Abraham Lincoln die on April 15, 1865?
(a) 7:22 a.m.
(b) 9:22 p.m.
(c) 1:22 p.m.
(d) 8:22 p.m.

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

5. What did John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt do when their Confederate soldier friends said the Union cavalry was approaching the Garretts' farm?
(a) They stood on the porch with their guns raised.
(b) They took John Garrett hostage.
(c) They ran into the woods behind the farm and hid.
(d) They hid in the attic of the farmhouse.

6. 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?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Maryland.

7. 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) Alma Garrett.
(d) Richard H. Garrett.

8. 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 Washington Post.
(b) The National Intelligencer.
(c) The Arlington Gazette.
(d) The New York Times.

9. 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) Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) Lieutenant Lafayette Baker.
(c) John Surratt.
(d) Lewis Powell.

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

11. How many nights in total did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold spend in the pine forest before they made the attempt to get to Virginia?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

13. Who came to Mary Surratt's door at the precise moment her boarding house was being searched by soldiers?
(a) William Seward.
(b) David Herold.
(c) George Atzerodt.
(d) Lewis Powell.

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

15. 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) Sartre.
(c) John.
(d) Sam.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose house did George Atzerodt visit for a midday meal late on Easter morning?

3. When John Wilkes Booth told the Garrett family where he was planning to go next, what town did he mention?

4. Who shot John Wilkes Booth?

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

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