View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) High noon.
(b) A little before sunset.
(c) The middle of the night.
(d) A little before sunrise.

2. What was John Wilkes Booth wearing when he went into hiding in the pine forest?
(a) The equivalent of a modern-day business suit.
(b) A pair of pajamas.
(c) A tuxedo.
(d) A nightshirt.

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

4. After Thomas Jones had been released from jail in April of 1865, for what purpose did he visit Richmond, Virginia?
(a) To collect the money owed to him by the Confederacy.
(b) To join in the assassination plot.
(c) To reunite with his wife and children.
(d) To learn the trade of blacksmithing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Who sent a telegram to Major General Dix, sending the news that Abraham Lincoln had died?

4. What did John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt do when their Confederate soldier friends said the Union cavalry was approaching the Garretts' farm?

5. What happened when Thomas Jones arrived in Richmond, Virginia in April of 1865 with the intention of completing his intended task?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is James L. Swanson's purpose in including the detail, "He was too far from Washington to hear the ringing bells of the city's churches tolling in mourning," (60) when describing John Wikes Booth's arrival at the farm of Dr. Samuel Mudd?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. What damning evidence did investigators find inside the boarding house of Mary Surratt?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. What elements of the crime scene investigation mirror modern forensic methods used today?

9. How does James L. Swanson use the appeal of pathos to craft the portrait of Edman Spangler, the 39-year-old stagehand from Ford's Theater?

10. What type of tone does James L. Swanson use in describing the actions of Lafayette Baker and his men as they surrounded the barn in which they knew John Wilkes Booth was hiding?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,719 words (approx. 6 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample