Vocabulary/Punctuation

Mary Surratt was the ___ of the tavern in Surrattsville.

• proprietor

• conspirator

• confidant

• accomplice

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Identify the punctuation mark needed for the following sentence:

Lewis Powell was arrested at Mary Surratt's boarding house George Atzerodt was found at his cousin's.

• comma

• question mark

• semicolon

• apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The Confederate central idea is the search for John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

George Atzerodt was reluctant to carry out his part of the assassination plot.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

When George Atzerodt was arrested, he _____ two people: Mary Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd.

• obscured

• bewildered

• saturated

• implicated

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Identify the mark of punctuation needed in the following sentence:

Although John Wilkes Booth was putting many families in danger he nevertheless expected hospitality.

• no punctuation

• comma

• semicolon

• period

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Determine whether the following statement is true or false:

Mary Surratt hid the shooting irons at the tavern in Surrattsville.

• True

• False

Determine the type of the following sentence:

Because John Wilkes Booth and David Herold got turned around, they were still in Maryland when they thought they would be in Virginia.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D

Determine the type of the following sentence:

Mary Surratt will end up being hanged, but Dr. Samuel Mudd will be set free.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

For four days John Wilkes Booth and David Herold hid in a ___ near to Thomas Jones.

• scheme

• dragnet

• swarm

• thicket

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A