The second question asked who was president when slavery was abolished in the United States. Mary answered Abraham Lincoln, and once again Johnny had the exact same response. Johnny defended himself by explaining that both answers were common historical knowledge and that anyone who had studied could easily have written them.
Then Mr. Johnson reached the final question, which asked which president was in office during the Louisiana Purchase. Mary had written, “I don’t know.” Johnny, however, had written, “Me neither.” That answer immediately caught the teacher’s attention because it clearly did not come from a history book.
Johnny suddenly had no explanation. The first two matching answers might have been coincidence, but the last one made the situation impossible to ignore. In the end, his attempt to copy Mary’s test was exposed by a single careless line, turning an ordinary history quiz into a funny reminder that dishonesty often gives itself away.
