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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where were citizens permitted to view Abraham Lincoln's open casket?
(a) In the courtyard of the Executive Mansion.
(b) In the Oval Office of the Executive Mansion.
(c) Under the great dome inside the Capitol Building.
(d) In the Petersen Boarding House.

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

4. To whose house did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold flee once Dr. Samuel Mudd had insisted they leave his farm?
(a) George Atzerodt.
(b) Lewis Powell.
(c) Mary Surratt.
(d) Captain Samuel Cox.

5. 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) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) John Surratt.
(d) Lieutenant Lafayette Baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who locked John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt inside the tobacco barn once they had settled in for the night?

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

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

4. What joke did George Atzerodt make that caused a guest at the midday meal to report him to the authorities?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What evidence was there that indicated Thomas Jones's sole reason for helping John Wilkes Booth was because he shared the same values with the assassin?

4. What did Dr. Richard Stuart do to earn the ire of John Wilkes Booth and how did John Wilkes Booth make his feelings about the matter known?

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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?

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?

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