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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. Who was the first person the soldiers questioned when they reached the Mudd Farm?
(a) Tad Mudd.
(b) Rachel Mudd.
(c) Mrs. Samuel Mudd.
(d) Dr. Samuel Mudd.

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

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

4. 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) His actor friend buried it.
(b) His actor friend burned it.
(c) It got lost in the mail.
(d) The newspaper decided not to publish it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When they had finally cornered Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was NOT one course of action taken by the Sixteenth New York Cavalry?

2. How many days did it take John Wilkes Booth to travel from Washington to Port Conway?

3. For what crime had Thomas Jones been jailed for months prior to getting out in April of 1865?

4. When John Garrett tried to throw John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt out of the house, what was his reason?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. While Thomas Jones was arrested and was briefly imprisoned, he continued to insist on his own innocence and there was no evidence to convict him of any crime. In what way did the truth of his involvement eventually come out?

3. 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?

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

5. How did the transportation of Abraham Lincoln's body from the Pedersen boarding house to the Executive Mansion belie Abraham Lincoln's modest personality in life?

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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 was the reason for Andrew Johnson's lack of a formal public inaugural address upon his ascendency to the presidency?

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