Lizzie Borden Quiz #2

The writer uses the simile “owl-like” to describe the police three times at the beginning of this article. How does the repetition of this simile characterize the police?

• It shows that the police are stealthily watching over the crime scene.

• It shows that the police are making progress.

• It shows that the police are very quiet and serious.

• It shows that the police are hopeless.

Which pieces of evidence does the writer use to support this conclusion: “… yet I think most puzzling thing about it is to go to the house and examine the premises and then tell how the murders could have been committed by an assassin who was able to make his escape from such a place”? (Mark all that apply.)

• The Borden home has a small barn on one side of the yard.

• The Borden home is situated on a busy sidewalk with pedestrians passing by all day long.

• There are only two entrances to the Borden home.

• There were three persons home at the time of the murder.

How does the writer characterize Lizzie Borden?

• As a strange, masculine, woman capable of murder

• As a friendly, yet misunderstood, young woman

• As a calm and congenial woman who loved her parents

• As an odd recluse who captivated the attention of many men

All the following pieces of evidence support this characterization EXCEPT:

• “Her voice has a peculiar guttural harshness.”

• “She has wonderful self-possession.”

• “Her own mother died in giving birth to her and she has been odd all her life.”

• “She has her defenders, who say she has an amiable disposition.”

The tone of this news story can best be classified as:

• Skeptical and condemning.

• Defensive and hopeful.

• Objective and factual.

• Analytical and inquisitive.