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Ghosts of Presidents Past

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is this president?
a)
George Washington
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
George Bush
d)
Herbert Hoover
2.
The address of the White House is 1600 Pittsburgh Avenue.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Where is Lincoln's ghost NOT usually seen?
a)
The Lincoln Bedroom
b)
The Oval Office
c)
The East Room 
d)
The Rose Bedroom
4.
The first person to see Lincoln's ghost was- 
a)
President Truman
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Grace Coolidge
d)
Willie Lincoln
5.
People staying in the Lincoln bedroom have reported- 
a)
hearing raps on the door 
b)
seeing him by the fireplace
c)
seeing him sitting on the bed, putting on his boots  
d)
all of the above 
6.
How did Willie Lincoln die?
a)
He died in battle during the Civil War. 
b)
He died of tuberclosis. 
c)
He fell down some stairs. 
d)
He died of typhoid fever. 
7.
Who reported seeing Willie Lincoln's ghost? 
a)
Lyndon Johnson
b)
Staff members of the Truman Administration 
c)
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb
d)
 Ellen Wilson 
8.
Who was David Burns?
a)
A person who owned the land the White House was built on
b)
A disembodied voice 
c)
A  character on The Simpsons 
d)
A descendant of George Washington 
9.
John Adams was the
a)
first president
b)
second president
c)
third president
d)
fourth president 
10.
Why is Abigail Adam's ghost seen in the East Room?
a)
It used to be a swamp. 
b)
Her kids used to play there. 
c)
That's where Abraham Lincoln's body was after she died. 
d)
She used to do laundry there. 
11.
Dolley Madison planted the first rose garden at the White House during the early 1900s. 
a)
True
b)
False 
12.
Dolley Madison's ghost appeared when Abigail Adams tried to dig up her rose garden. 
a)
True
b)
False 
13.
Where in the White House has Andrew Jackson's ghost been heard? 
a)
The Rose Bedroom
b)
The Lincoln Bedroom
c)
The East Room
d)
The Oval Office 
14.
What day is Anne Surratt most often seen? 
a)
April 15
b)
July 4
c)
July 9
d)
July 7 
15.
According to the article, which of these is NOT a ghost seen at the White House?
a)
David Burns
b)
Dolley Madison
c)
A British Soldier
d)
John F. Kennedy
16.
What might be a main idea of this article? 
a)
Ghosts
b)
People have seen ghosts at the White House. 
c)
There are many unexplained ghostly encounters that have happened at the White House. 
d)
When people die in the White House, they haunt it.