Behind the Scenes Chapters 5-7

 

Mrs. Keckley was Mrs. Lincoln's MODISTE. What is a modiste?

• a maid

• a nanny for the Lincoln boys

• a fashionable dressmaker

How did Elizabeth Keckley obtain (get) the job as Mrs. Lincoln's seamstress?

(Chp 5, paragraph 1)

• she won a talent contest

• she was recommended by one of Mrs. Lincoln's friends

• she bribed the President

Why did Mrs. Lincoln say she was disappointed with Mrs. Keckley at first?

(Chp.5, paragraph 12)

• Lincoln said the dress was ugly

• Lincoln said the dress did not fit

• Lincoln said Mrs. Keckley brought the dress too late

When she saw Mrs. Lincoln in the dress she had made, Keckley described her as...

(Chp. 5, Paragraph 21)

• full of grace and composure

• confident and self-possessed

• calm and dignant

• all of the above

How did Keckley react when a woman attempted to bribe her?

(chp 6, paragraph 12-14)

How did Willie die?

(Chp. 6 paragraph 28)

• He got sick from being outside too much.

• He was killed by his slave owner.

• He was killed in the war.

• Someone murdered him to spite his parents.

When Willie died, we know that the Lincolns were close to Keckley because she prepared him for a viewing and President Lincoln was very emotional in front of her.

(Chp 6, paragraph 30)

• True

• False

Explain why Mrs. Lincoln did not go to Willie's funeral.

(chp. 6 paragraph 32)

The “Contraband Relief Association” was a group of colored people that raised money for the unfortunate freedmen. This was Keckley's project.

(Chp. 7, paragraph 2)

• True

• False

Who was the first person to donate to Keckley's association to help the freedmen?

(chp.7, paragraph 3)

• Mrs. Lincoln

• Frederick Douglass

• The colored church

• A group of colored employees at the hotel she was staying at