Lizzie Borden Article #5

The article describes Bridget Sullivan as the “strongest witness of the day.” Which of the following quotations supports this

idea?

• A. “She remembered, too, that Mr. and Mrs. Borden were ill Wednesday night.”

• B. “At no time did she see a stranger about the premises.”

• C. “‘So far as I could see, they lived congenially and pleasantly.’”

• D. “She found all doors downstairs just as she had left them the night before.”

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John V. Morse states, “‘The prisoner’s room door was closed when I went into my room, but I do not know whether it was

locked or not.’” Who is the “prisoner” he refers to in his statement?

• A. Lizzie Borden

• B. Mrs. Borden

• C. Bridget Sullivan

• D. The murderer

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What does the testimony of Lizzie Borden’s Uncle John V. Morse establish in the case? Mark all that apply.

• A. That the police officials were inaccurate in their summation that Lizzie Borden was never outside in the barn

• B. That he did not see anyone in the house except the family

• C. That Lizzie Borden was home when the murders were committed

• D. That Mr. and Mrs. Borden had taken ill the day before the murders

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The descriptions of Bridget Sullivan at the trial characterize her as:

• A. Childlike.

• B. Timid.

• C. Fashionable.

• D. All of the above.

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What is the meaning of “parsimony” in the following sentence: “Others have been amused at the parsimony of the man whose possessions were more than a quarter of a million, and who fed his family on a diet of mutton and cold mutton and mutton broth”?

• A. Generosity

• B. Stinginess

• C. Wastefulness

• D. Hostility

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