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Abraham Lincoln: A Photobiography

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Vocabulary: A person who does not falter is best described as

a)

steady

b)

weak

c)

stubborn

2.

Vocabulary: Someone who is motivated by vindictiveness wants to

a)

get rich

b)

get even

c)

get away

d)

get a puppy

3.

Vocabulary: An abduction is most likely to involve

a)

travel agents

b)

FBI agents

c)

literary agents

d)

real estate agents

4.

Vocabulary: To revoke a privilege is to

a)

explain the privilege

b)

give the privilege to everyone

c)

take the privilege away

d)

put a limit on the privilege

5.

Vocabulary: What is an assailant?

a)

a bodyguard

b)

an official

c)

an attacker

d)

a ship captain

6.

According to the biography, at the time of Lincoln's death, he was feeling

a)

troubled but hopeful.

b)

too depressed to go on being president.

c)

too tired to continue as president.

d)

angry toward the country for taking him for granted.

7.

According to the biography, at the time of Lincoln's death, he was determined to prevent the

a)

election of Ulysses S Grant.

b)

assassination of government officials.

c)

rebuilding of the South.

d)

persecution of the Southern soldiers.

8.

The biography suggests that if Lincoln had known that John Wilkes Booth was going to try to kill him, Lincoln

a)

would have felt amused.

b)

would have welcomed it.

c)

would have been shocked.

d)

would not have been surprised.

9.

The biography suggests that Lincoln's dream of his own death

a)

amused him.

b)

troubled him.

c)

comforted him.

d)

had not effect on him.

10.

The newspaper article found in Lincoln's wallet suggest that he

a)

never realized he was disliked.

b)

never realized he was admired.

c)

cared about what others thought of him.

d)

knew he would go down in history as a great president.

11.

After Lincoln's death, the funeral train took his body to

a)

Washington, DC

b)

Virginia

c)

his birth place in Kentucky.

d)

his former hometown in Illinois.

12.

Which of the following was not a precaution taken to protect President Lincoln from assassination?

a)

Cavalry escorts for any carriage rides.

b)

Plainclothes detectives as body guards.

c)

Soldiers camped on White House lawn.

d)

Bullet-proof vest work by Lincoln whenever he was out of the White House.