Behind the Scenes-Preface

To eliminate or utterly destroy something

• perpetuate

• eradicate

• frank

• construe

to prolong the occurrence of something

• perpetuate

• striking

• eradicate

• construe

Our school gained _______ when one of our students qualified for the National Spelling Bee.

• descended

• inflicted

• confidante

• notoriety

Elizabeth Keckley was Mary Todd Lincoln's closest ______. They often traded secrets with one another.

• confidante

• notoriety

• convulsion

• utmost

"They were not so much responsible for the curse under which I was born, as the God of nature and the fathers who framed the Constitution for the United States. The law descended to them, and it was but natural that they should recognize it, since if manifestly was their interest to do so."

What is the situation Keckley describes in the first two sentences?

• She is upset about the fact that someone took something important away from her.

• She doesn't feel that it was the founding fathers' fault that she was born a slave.

• She feels that someone put a curse on her.

"An act may be wrong, but unless the ruling power recognizes the wrong, it is useless to hope for a correction of it. Principles may be right, but they are not established within an hour."

How does Keckley use "but" in the first sentence?

• to show that not everything about the act is wrong

• to show that more needs to be done to expect a correction to the problem

• to show the meaning of the word "wrong"

"When the war of the Revolution established independence of the American colonies, an evil was perpetrated, slavery was more firmly established; and since the evil had been planted, it must pass through certain stages before it could be eradicated."

How did Keckley feel about slavery?

• slavery is a terrible think that should quickly end

• slavery is a terrible thing, but it will take time to end it

• slavery is a terrible thing, but since it was started with the American colonies, it has to be eradicated

According to Elizabeth Keckley, who caused Mrs. Lincoln to be famous?

• Mrs. Lincoln did it herself through her own actions

• Abraham Lincoln did when he married her

• Elizabeth Keckley did when she wrote this book

Which is true about the Preface of Behind the Scenes?

• The first paragraph is about slavery; the second paragraph is about Mrs. Lincoln

• The first paragraph is about Mrs. Lincoln; the second paragraph is about slavery

• the first paragraph is about slavery; the second paragraph is about Mrs. Keckley

very direct in meaning or speech

• perpetuate

• frank

• construe